CISAC appoints Jean-Michel Jarre as new President
CISAC, the umbrella organization of copyright societies, has elected a new president at a meeting in New York in the person of French composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Jarre succeeds Robin Gibb, who died in office in 2012.
The French composer Jean-Michel Jarre is considered a pioneer of electronic music. He worked with Pierre Schaeffer in the GRM (Group for Music Research) and achieved his worldwide breakthrough in 1976 with the album "Oxygene".
In addition to his activities as a composer, Jean Michel Jarre is a UNESCO spokesman and ambassador as well as a spokesman for the IFPI, and he has led the lobby for internet copyright legislation before the European Parliament.
The CISAC (Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs) is a global non-governmental organization that brings together 231 authors' associations and societies from 121 countries. According to its own information, it represents more than 3 million authors and publishers from all artistic disciplines. In 2011, CISAC members earned 10.3 billion dollars worldwide. In addition to SUISA, ProLitteris, SSA and SUISSIMAGE are CISAC members from Switzerland.
