Explosive growth in the online music market has pushed musicians, record labels, computer firms and EU politicians into a fight over how to manage authors' rights on the internet, with one Hungarian MEP confident she has found the right model for the digital era.
Traditionally, European songwriters' rights have been managed by "collecting societies" who grant distribution licences for record labels and online shops, collect royalties of a few cents per download, gather levies on product...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.