In COREPER meeting this morning Member States gave their agreement on the Presidency Compromise Text approved within the Trialogue on Monday. Only three Member States abstained: Poland, Austria and Slovenia.
The next step is the vote in JURI on 26 November.
After months of negotiations, yesterday evening EU institutions have reached an agreement on a compromise text for the upcoming directive on collecting societies.
The outcome of yesterday’s final negotiation will still need to be rubber-stamped by member states and the Parliament before the directive is officially adopted.
The draft text of this directive was initially proposed by the European Commission in July last year. If all goes well, it should be officially approved before the end of this Parliament’s mandate.
At the end of November, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on an opinion on private copying levies, also known as private copying remuneration (PCR). Ahead of this vote, authorsocieties.eu is writing a series of posts called ‘PCR matters’ that explains why you should care about private copying levies. This week we explain how private copying levies exist in order to complement artists’ income.
At the end of November, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on an opinion on private copying levies, also known as private copying remuneration (PCR). Ahead of this vote, authorsocieties.eu is writing a series of posts called ‘PCR matters’ that explains why you should care about private copying levies. This week we explain how private copying levies exist in order to complement artists’ income.
When you buy a song, or a film, or any other cultural product, part of the price you pay goes to remunerating the authors and artists who have contributed to creating the product you bought. When you make copies of the work(s) you have bought for your own private purposes, these copies fall under the so-called private copying exception to allow you enjoy this freedom, provided that artists and authors are getting compensated for the use of their work. The private copying levies system was put in place to effectively compensate authors while allowing consumers to make private copies of their own. Private copying levies are a small sum included in the price of electronic devices such as MP3 players and tablets, which is redistributed to authors to compensate for their works being copied for private use.