The European Commission adopts the Proposal on Collective Management of Copyright

On 11th July, the European Commission adopted the proposal for a Directive on Collective Management of Copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licencing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market.

The proposal aims at ensuring that rightholders have a say in the management of their rights and envisages better functioning collecting societies as a result of the set standards all over Europe. The proposed directive will also ease the licensing of authors' rights for the use of music on the Internet
 
The proposal is available here. Links to the press release, the impact assessment and the Frequently asked questions can be found here