Press Releases

The Copyright Tribunal has today delivered its Final Decision in respect of the Newspaper Licensing Agency’s (NLA) Web End User Licensing scheme (WEUL). It draws to a close proceedings in the Copyright Tribunal where Meltwater Group, supported by the PRCA, challenged the NLA on the legality and reasonableness of its proposed licensing and associated fees for online news content.

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The Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading providers of digital intelligence and marketing solutions, announced today that Facebook has named it as a member of Facebook’s Preferred Marketing Developer Program. The program matches member companies with brands, celebrities, and organizations that wish to enhance their Facebook presence and drive social affinity with their brand.

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The Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading digital media intelligence companies, today announced the findings of a social media focused piece of research into the loss of trust in the United Kingdom. Using its social media intelligence and marketing solution, Meltwater Buzz, the company analysed online conversations over a six month period to gain insight into how levels of trust compare when considering; the UK economy, Government, media and legal system.

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Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, has been certified by the CRF Institute as one of Britain’s Top Employers for 2012, awarding the organisation for its efforts in meeting the highest standards of HR.

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Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, has been awarded the “Great Place to Work” award in Finland 2012. Meltwater Group was ranked number 8, out of the 30 companies in the 15-49 employees category.

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The Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading online media intelligence companies, and Strutta Media Inc., a leading developer of social marketing applications and analytics for the next generation of online promotions, today announced a strategic partnership. Through this venture, Meltwater will deliver a more robust social media marketing offering, helping companies to more effectively engage with their key stakeholders.

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We have today become aware of The Associated Press' filing of proceedings against Meltwater in New York. This is the first we have heard of the AP's concerns and we are surprised. From their press release, it appears that the AP misunderstands how our service works in many key respects. It is unfortunate that the AP did not seek to discuss this with us prior to taking this wholly unnecessary step. We invite the AP to enter a dialogue so that we can better understand their concerns and so they can accurately understand how our service works.

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Today’s Copyright Tribunal ruling makes it clear that the UK’s copyright law is on a head-on collision with the average Internet user. Everyday acts such as searching for news and sharing it at work now require a license from the Newspaper Licensing Association (NLA). In a win for business, Meltwater Group and the PRCA (Public Relations Consultants Association) were able to convince the Copyright Tribunal to slash the NLA’s proposed license fees by 90 per cent. Sadly today’s verdict is only a partial victory for the UK Internet community. Going forward, it is clear that UK clients of online news monitoring services will need a license agreement with the NLA and pay copyright fees. This is also the case for commercial UK clients of any news monitoring vendor including Google News. During the proceedings, the NLA stated that it has been mandated by its owners and intends to pursue licensing of UK business users of Google News.

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