In view of the upcoming Directive on Collective Rights Management, 16 European Collective Management Organisations expressed their wish to explore the possibility of creating a licensing and administrative vehicle for the online and mobile market in Europe.
The European Commission’s proposed Directive on Collective Rights Management will have a significant impact on the way authors’ societies will conduct their business. In order to be able to continue to serve their members effectively, and to defend local repertoires and the important role of smaller and medium sized collecting societies in the European context, several Collective Management Organisations shared their experiences and insights.
Having met in Amsterdam in May and in Washington DC in early June 2013, these organizations expressed their intention to work together to research the possibility for a vehicle for licensing and administration of rights for the online and mobile environment.
Their vision is to create an efficient, cooperative, multi-‐territorial, multi-‐ repertoire licensing and administrative vehicle for the online and mobile market in Europe. This in order to enhancethe value for local repertoire around Europe, safeguard cultural diversity and reduce complexity and processing cost for both rights holders and Music Service Providers
The possibility will be explored for the creation of an efficient, cost-‐effective licensing and administrative vehicle with the purpose to secure and build value for local repertoire around Europe and reduce complexity for their customers on the basis of: