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BELEM alliance formed to make lyric translations accessible to all listeners
Major music industry forces band together to make lyric translation accessible in European Union languages
BELEM aims to build capacity for music publishers, songwriters, platforms and labels to democratise and monetize access to lyrics. The BELEM coalition strives to break down cultural barriers by making human-translated lyrics accessible to all listeners.
BELEM aims to make music in any language accessible to global audiences while ensuring that authors and rightsholders (songwriters and publishers) are fairly remunerated for the use of their lyrics.
BELEM is an European Union (EU) funded initiative that has been granted €2 million in funding through the Creative Europe Programme (CREA). It will drive new revenue streams to key players in the music industry by promoting European lyrics and the translations of these lyrics, alongside their monetisation.
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