ORCID
- Schroff, Simone: 0000-0002-2359-3916
Abstract
While the three functions of Collective Management Organisations - to licence use, monitor use, and to collect and distribute the revenue - have traditionally been accepted as a progression towards a natural (national) monopoly, digital exploitation of music may no longer lead to such a fate. The European Commission has challenged the traditional structures through reforms that increase the degree of competition. This paper asks whether the reforms have had the desired effect and shows, through qualitative research, that at least regarding the streaming of music, competition has not delivered. Part of the reason for this may be that the services required by the now competing CMOs have changed.
Publication Date
2016-01-01
Publication Title
Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law
Volume
7
Issue
3
ISSN
2190-3387
Organisational Unit
School of Society and Culture
Keywords
collective management organisations, Competition, EC, licensing, qualitative research, reforms
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
First Page
256
Last Page
270
Recommended Citation
Hviid, M., Schroff, S., & Street, J. (2016) 'Regulating Collective Management Organisations by Competition: An Incomplete Answer to the Licensing Problem?', Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law, 7(3), pp. 256-270. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/sc-research/200
