Overeenstemming met EU Parlement over ontwerprichtlijn collectief auteursrechtbeheer en online muzieklicenties

Uit het persbericht: The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council today informed ministers for competitiveness on the agreement reached with the European Parliament regarding the adoption of a draft directive on the collective management of copyright and the multi territorial licensing of online music (...).

Transposition
Member states will have to incorporate the new provisions into domestic law 24 months after its entry into force at the latest.

This initiative is linked to the development of the Digital Agenda for Europe. The "Single Market Act" identified intellectual property as one of the areas in which action is required and underlined that, in the internet age, collective management must be able to evolve towards more transnational, possibly EU-wide models of licensing, covering the territories of multiple member states.