Mongol Content LLC is to cooperate with the worldwide music corporation Universal Music Group`s branch in Russia.
In regards, Mongol Content LLC will own the official music publishing rights of famous artists of Universal Music Group in Mongolia.
We interviewed with the Dmitry Konnov, Managing Director of the Russian branch of Universal Music Group
-Following the cooperation agreement was signed between the Universal Music Russia and Mongol Content LLC, there is a huge opportunity was created for the Mongolian customers. Could you share your thoughts with us?
-It is very pleased to see that operator companies of communication services and their partners have started to focus on delivering musical contents to their customers with an official publishing rights.
It is a great honor for us to set foot in Mongolian music market and officially deliver the best music of international artists.
Therefore, people are able to listen the trending music in Mongolia and the world from our music library.
-Could you introduce your company?
-It is my 11th year at my company. Universal Music Group has more than 100 years of history. The activity carried out today was founded in 1998. It has been the biggest company in music industry for over 20 years. At first, our company started operations in releasing record and CD. Now we are covering all sectors related to the music.
For instance, we have a separate sector working with music authors. Also we work on discovering talents of new artists and improving careers of forgotten stars.
The key market of our music is USA and European countries. Thus we say joke that we have two industries in LA and London. If you want to become worldwide star, you should move to USA. We cooperate with lucky people who became famous in the world and USA.
Therefore, people are able to listen the music of stars from countries that we work with including Mongolia, Albania, Russia, Vietnam, Korea and Italy. Due to it is impossible to mention all countries that we cooperate, I would like to say the name of stars like Lady Gaga and Elton John, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Weeknd and Justin Bieber. All of them are our artists.
Mongol Content LLC is to cooperate with the worldwide music corporation Universal Music Group`s branch in Russia.
In regards, Mongol Content LLC will own the official music publishing rights of famous artists of Universal Music Group in Mongolia.
We interviewed with the Dmitry Konnov, Managing Director of the Russian branch of Universal Music Group
-Following the cooperation agreement was signed between the Universal Music Russia and Mongol Content LLC, there is a huge opportunity was created for the Mongolian customers. Could you share your thoughts with us?
-It is very pleased to see that operator companies of communication services and their partners have started to focus on delivering musical contents to their customers with an official publishing rights.
It is a great honor for us to set foot in Mongolian music market and officially deliver the best music of international artists.
Therefore, people are able to listen the trending music in Mongolia and the world from our music library.
-Could you introduce your company?
-It is my 11th year at my company. Universal Music Group has more than 100 years of history. The activity carried out today was founded in 1998. It has been the biggest company in music industry for over 20 years. At first, our company started operations in releasing record and CD. Now we are covering all sectors related to the music.
For instance, we have a separate sector working with music authors. Also we work on discovering talents of new artists and improving careers of forgotten stars.
The key market of our music is USA and European countries. Thus we say joke that we have two industries in LA and London. If you want to become worldwide star, you should move to USA. We cooperate with lucky people who became famous in the world and USA.
Therefore, people are able to listen the music of stars from countries that we work with including Mongolia, Albania, Russia, Vietnam, Korea and Italy. Due to it is impossible to mention all countries that we cooperate, I would like to say the name of stars like Lady Gaga and Elton John, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Weeknd and Justin Bieber. All of them are our artists.
-How about the Russian artists?
-Russian artists focus on the concert. Operation of our company is directed at creating contents which are able to be listened. Russian artists are different in this regard. However we used to work with the artists including Alsou, Anita Tsoy and Tatu. We hope for establishing new era of Universal in Russia soon. But it is too early to talk about on this matter.
-What is the success of your company over the 20 years?
-During that time, we have never lost the leading position in the world. We were the biggest music company of Russia in the last 10 years. We are not only lead the USA and UK market but also in Russia. I would say that it is the biggest success of our company.
-What influence have your company shown to the social and music industry?
-In reality, international music industry and Russian music industry have developed in two different ways. Russia prefer finding and developing singer who is good stage performance while international music industry focus on the quality of music record and music arrangements. However these two ways are now joining. Artists anywhere in the world prefer live performances.
For example, ten years ago, singer Madonna was not embarking on concert tours after releasing her CD. But now she releases her CD after embarks on concert tour.
Also the modern technologies are delivering the music through more progressive ways. Everyone is able to listen the music using their mobile phones. Therefore, you are always enabled to listen your favorite music from the biggest music library with low-cost. In this regard, you will save money for the concert. It is very beneficial for you.
-How people are reacting to use copyright contents?
-It is not people`s duty. It is duty of copyright owners, our company and our partners. For some reason, our partners were ignoring the copyright issues.
Now it has changed. Our partner companies pay attention to the copyright issues. If we jointly pay attention to copyright issue, people will use copyright contents. Importantly, business organizations should focus. We will never follow those who are not using the copyright content. Most importantly, we must not provide that opportunity.
-How to prevent intellectual property theft?
-Intellectual property theft is major problem. As I mentioned before, it needs a policy to manage copyright. It needs to enable people to watch bigger contents with low-cost or free. At second, we are fighting with people who try to earn money not sharing the copyright with its owner. Last year, Russia approved the best law against intellectual property theft. We are working closely with the Government. Approval of the law took a time. Anyway it became one of the best laws in the world.
-How do you see the Mongolian artists future in the world stage?
-Actually I landed in Mongolia three hours ago and I am not ready to say anything on this matter. But people tend to listen to the music on their own language. Most people do not listen English songs. For example, if you listen to the radio in Germany, 8 out of 10 songs on the radio will be in German. You might not like the songs. However it is the Germans choice.
If you visit to Italy or Spain, you will feel the same situation. This is a very simple issue. Because people feel happy or sad when listen to the music. If you do not understand the language of the song, you will feel anything. But if you are going to dance at night club, you will prefer the rhythm of the music not the lyrics or the language.
However 50-60 percent of people are interested in listening to the music which is on their own language. Therefore, Mongolian artists should intend to deliver their songs to the people who speak Mongolian language. I have said it to the Russian artists too.
-Thank you for the interview.
-How about the Russian artists?
-Russian artists focus on the concert. Operation of our company is directed at creating contents which are able to be listened. Russian artists are different in this regard. However we used to work with the artists including Alsou, Anita Tsoy and Tatu. We hope for establishing new era of Universal in Russia soon. But it is too early to talk about on this matter.
-What is the success of your company over the 20 years?
-During that time, we have never lost the leading position in the world. We were the biggest music company of Russia in the last 10 years. We are not only lead the USA and UK market but also in Russia. I would say that it is the biggest success of our company.
-What influence have your company shown to the social and music industry?
-In reality, international music industry and Russian music industry have developed in two different ways. Russia prefer finding and developing singer who is good stage performance while international music industry focus on the quality of music record and music arrangements. However these two ways are now joining. Artists anywhere in the world prefer live performances.
For example, ten years ago, singer Madonna was not embarking on concert tours after releasing her CD. But now she releases her CD after embarks on concert tour.
Also the modern technologies are delivering the music through more progressive ways. Everyone is able to listen the music using their mobile phones. Therefore, you are always enabled to listen your favorite music from the biggest music library with low-cost. In this regard, you will save money for the concert. It is very beneficial for you.
-How people are reacting to use copyright contents?
-It is not people`s duty. It is duty of copyright owners, our company and our partners. For some reason, our partners were ignoring the copyright issues.
Now it has changed. Our partner companies pay attention to the copyright issues. If we jointly pay attention to copyright issue, people will use copyright contents. Importantly, business organizations should focus. We will never follow those who are not using the copyright content. Most importantly, we must not provide that opportunity.
-How to prevent intellectual property theft?
-Intellectual property theft is major problem. As I mentioned before, it needs a policy to manage copyright. It needs to enable people to watch bigger contents with low-cost or free. At second, we are fighting with people who try to earn money not sharing the copyright with its owner. Last year, Russia approved the best law against intellectual property theft. We are working closely with the Government. Approval of the law took a time. Anyway it became one of the best laws in the world.
-How do you see the Mongolian artists future in the world stage?
-Actually I landed in Mongolia three hours ago and I am not ready to say anything on this matter. But people tend to listen to the music on their own language. Most people do not listen English songs. For example, if you listen to the radio in Germany, 8 out of 10 songs on the radio will be in German. You might not like the songs. However it is the Germans choice.
If you visit to Italy or Spain, you will feel the same situation. This is a very simple issue. Because people feel happy or sad when listen to the music. If you do not understand the language of the song, you will feel anything. But if you are going to dance at night club, you will prefer the rhythm of the music not the lyrics or the language.
However 50-60 percent of people are interested in listening to the music which is on their own language. Therefore, Mongolian artists should intend to deliver their songs to the people who speak Mongolian language. I have said it to the Russian artists too.
-Thank you for the interview.
