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- event type: WOMEX 11 Conference
- start date type: 28 Oct 2011
- time: 15:15 - 16:00
- city/area: Copenhagen
- venue: Forum Copenhagen, Conference 1
- country: Denmark
- event submitted by: piranha womex AG (expo)
Session 9
According to European law, collecting societies within Europe are to compete with each other in terms of service levels to the authors. This enables authors based in Europe to have their rights administered by any European collecting society. Likewise, any user can choose any collecting society for licensing rights administered on a national, regional or European level. Previously, users mostly dealt with the society of the country where the user was based. The panel will consider the following questions: What makes the difference? Which rights are available from collecting societies in the first place? Does each collecting society own the same set of rights? What is the difference between licensing through a small or a big collecting society? Is it difficult to change from one society to another? These and other questions are to be discussed with collecting society representatives.
