Commissioner calls for copyright fees 'roadmap'

The screaming match between electronics companies and societies that collect fees on behalf of artists, musicians and authors has led nowhere, believes internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy, and it is time for the two sides to sit down, talk and come up with a 'roadmap' for the future of copyright levies.

Speaking at a public hearing in Brussels on Tuesday (27 May) about the fees applied to CDs, iPods, printers and other equipment that can be used to copy artists' work, he calle...