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"Mr President, I was the ECR shadow rapporteur on both the Committee on Culture and Education and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection opinions on this issue. Firstly, I welcome the introduction of multi-territorial collective licensing of authors’ online rights in musical works. This is something I have been very supportive of from the beginning, as multi-territorial licensing will enhance consumer choice in this sector and helps us advance towards the completion of the digital single market.
This directive will open up the market and offer greater potential for new, innovative services to gain a foothold. From now on it will be much easier for service providers of online music to compete on a pan-European level, as they will no longer need to negotiate licensing agreements for each territory, and there will be fewer legal obstacles for start-up phases.
I strongly believe that the removal of the current barriers will create better competition and generate growth in this sector. Further, I welcome the change of the term ‘collecting society’ to ‘collective management organisation’, as it is creating a level playing field when this directive covers all forms of entities dealing with collective rights management, and not only the member-based or member-owned organisations.
I support the increased transparency for collective management organisations and this is built on British best practice; it will help performers and artists to get real value for their rights, as well as provide clarity on how their rights revenue is collected and distributed.
Finally, as much as I support the introduction of the multi-territorial licensing for music, it should not be seen as the setting of a precedent for all types of licensing. This is not a one-size-fits-all solution and I am not keen to see the same approach for all TV and sports rights, for example, especially those with a strong national or territorial importance, as they are built on different business models and sensitivities, which also need to be taken into consideration."@en1
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