Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market

This proposal for a directive aims to put in place an appropriate legal framework for the collective management of rights that are administered by collecting societies on behalf of rightholders, by providing for rules ensuring the better governance and greater transparency of all collecting societies, and also by encouraging and facilitating the multi-territorial licensing of the rights of authors in their musical works by collecting societies representing authors.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)372: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:372:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)204: Impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0204:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: SWD(2012)205: Summary of the impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0205:FIN:EN:PDF

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