Study on Emerging Issues on Collective Licensing Practices in the Digital Environment

Final Report for the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) of the European Commission, SMART 2018/0069, doi: 10.2759/611658

515 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2021

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Oleksandr Bulayenko

Université de Strasbourg - CEIPI; Institute of Information Law (IViR)

Stef van Gompel

VU University Amsterdam

Christian Handke

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Faculty of History and Arts

Roel Peeters

Ecorys Consulting

Joost Poort

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR)

João Pedro Quintais

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR)

David Regeczi

Ecorys Consulting

Date Written: November 23, 2021

Abstract

Collective management of copyright and related rights is an important element of the copyright system. First and foremost, it can ensure that rightholders reap greater rewards. By exploiting economies of scale and network effects, collective management can also make markets for copyright licences more efficient, to benefit users and other stakeholders. This study examines two central aspects of collective management of copyright and related rights in Europe.

Part I documents the development of multi-territorial licensing of online rights in musical works in the European Economic Area (EEA) under Title III of Directive 2014/26/EU on Collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (CRM Directive). It highlights the consequences of legal and regulatory reform, based on pervasive quantitative and qualitative data – produced in surveys, interviews and a workshop with stakeholders – and collected among collective management organisations (CMOs), rightholders, online music service providers, and national competent authorities.

Part II examines national mechanisms of collective licensing with an extended effect and their main elements in EEA Member States. It is based on extensive input by a comprehensive network of national experts, complemented by surveys of CMOs, as well as interviews with national competent authorities.

The present study provides a legal and economic analysis that can serve as input for the European Commission to draft the reports required by Article 40 of the CRM Directive and Article 12(6) of the Directive 2019/790/EU on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive).

Keywords: copyright, Europe, collective management, multi-territorial licensing, collective licensing, extended effect, online, music, digital

Suggested Citation

Bulayenko, Oleksandr and van Gompel, Stef and Handke, Christian and Peeters, Roel and Poort, Joost and Quintais, João Pedro and Regeczi, David, Study on Emerging Issues on Collective Licensing Practices in the Digital Environment (November 23, 2021). Final Report for the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) of the European Commission, SMART 2018/0069, doi: 10.2759/611658, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3970490

Oleksandr Bulayenko (Contact Author)

Université de Strasbourg - CEIPI ( email )

7 rue de l'Ecarlate
CS 20024
Strasbourg, 67082
France

HOME PAGE: http://www.ceipi.edu

Institute of Information Law (IViR)

Rokin 84
Amsterdam, 1012 KX
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.ivir.nl/

Stef Van Gompel

VU University Amsterdam ( email )

De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam, ND North Holland 1081 HV
Netherlands

Christian Handke

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Faculty of History and Arts ( email )

P.O. Box 1738
Rotterdam NL-3000 DR
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/handke/

Roel Peeters

Ecorys Consulting

Rotterdam
Netherlands

Joost Poort

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR) ( email )

Rokin 84
Amsterdam, 1012 KX
Netherlands

João Pedro Quintais

University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR) ( email )

Rokin 84
Amsterdam, 1012 KX
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.ivir.nl/profile/quintais/

David Regeczi

Ecorys Consulting

Rotterdam
Netherlands

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