— last modified 02 July 2013
The digital industry (represented by the European Digital Media Association (EDiMA), DIGITALEUROPE, BITKOM, EuroISPA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), and Mixcloud) has collaborated to provide a collective voice on the proposed Directive on Collective Rights Management.
The proposed Directive aims to establish important principles to ensure that collecting societies efficiently administer the rights and represent the interests of their members and should help improve the efficiency of the licensing process as well as promote new services for the benefit of European consumers, creators, and cultural diversity.
The industry group’s joint statement emphasised key principles and criteria which should be enhanced and maintained in the course of amendment considerations including:
- ensuring repertoire transparency;
- removing obstacles to the Digital Single Market;
- enabling commercial flexibility in negotiations for digital music services;
- ensuring operational transparency of Collective Management Organisations;
- guaranteeing workable reporting processes.
“We are very encouraged by the collaboration of all the industry groupings involved in ensuring that we present a unified message to the various European Institutions on the proposed Directive on Collective Rights Management. The mutual stance on this issue allows the industry to explicitly present a cohesive voice on our key areas of importance”, commented EDiMA Director General, Siada El Ramly.
