Broadband technologies transforming business models and challenging regulatory frameworks – lessons from the music industry : Musiclessons - Deliverable 6. Embedded conflicts in policies, directives and their implementation (original) (raw)

The fourth workshop took place 19 April 2006 and was arranged together with SKAP-The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers. The discussion showed that there are lots of historical parallels in the present conflict between the copyright rules and new user patterns resulting from technical developments. A proposal to introduce a licensing fee to be divided among rights holders has both supporters and opponents. Among the opponents are the representatives from the larger record companies as well as from independents but with completely different motivations. The four global or "major" record companies say that licensing means an unacceptable loss of control of the works and the independents consider licensing unmotivated since file sharing of mp3-files is marketing and all hinders for such distribution will result in a backlash for the rights holders. Many independents also believe that any such licence model would lead to a majority of incoming revenues going solely to the major companies and not to smaller players. Representatives present from the legal committee of the Swedish parliament expressed a keen interest in a licensing system.

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