THE MUSIC INDUSTRY / ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS COMMERCIAL, SO WOULDN'T THE EU SUBSIDY BE BENEFITTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS? IS (POP) MUSIC CULTURE?
The members of the cooperation focal points are not companies, but non-profit organisations aiming at promoting their national culture abroad. Concerning the music industry, the huge majority of organisations involved are small and medium companies, which produce artists’ records, publish and retail them, organize and produce concerts and tours, etc, seeking to promote artists and music to the public. These are mainly small organisations whose role is essential in order to achieve the objectives of the programme (mobility, circulation, intercultural dialogue). Cultural projects linked to the non-audiovisual cultural industries very often concern a large population of young Europeans: young audiences, young artists, young organizers, etc. It should be a major objective of the EU’s culture programme to focus on young audiences and artists.
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