EU Pushes Music Industry to Open Up Online Rights

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Uh oh, the music industry had better watch out, the EU has cast its eye upon them and you guys know what happens once the EU antitrust regulators get their hooks into you. :eek:

EU antitrust regulators told the music industry Tuesday to move quickly and change licenses that currently restrict online music stores such as iTunes from offering the same songs for sale across Europe. Internet music downloads in Europe lag behind those in the United States, pulling in just a fraction of revenues the record industry is losing from falling CD sales.
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So the EU is trying to get licencing smoothed out so more content can be sold in more countries therefore potentially generating more revenue?

Sounds like a sensible idea.
 
I don't think this has anything to do with the music industry's compliance or noncompliance. Each of the EU's 24 countries have to individually approve of music licenses in order for music to be sold into their countries. They're all just wanting to simplify that process and standardize approval so the music industry would only need approval from the EU to sell music in all 24 countries.

Makes sense to me.

But as Steve says, better watch out, RIAA. You might get away with jerking the chains of 24 individual countries, but not the EU as a whole. ;-)
 
Wow, a bunch of dicks trying to fuck a bunch of assholes.

Sounds like a gay frat party, but at least it's logical.
 
daglesj said:
So the EU is trying to get licencing smoothed out so more content can be sold in more countries therefore potentially generating more revenue?

Sounds like a sensible idea.
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IE, they want something else to put a tax on, then when iTunes takes over, they can sue it for millions of Euro's for being a monopoly.
 
Depending how this goes, doesn't this help the RIAA? If all the countries adapt the same "copyright infringement laws," then isn't it easier for the RIAA to shut down torrent sites? Of course this depends on what that universal law will entail, but expect plenty of dirty money being handed around for a piece of that pie.
 
The EU and RIAA? Now there's a match made in hell! Maybe we'll get lucky and the money hungry SOB's will go at each others throats and leave everyone else alone.
 
michael.pa2 said:
The EU and RIAA? Now there's a match made in hell! Maybe we'll get lucky and the money hungry SOB's will go at each others throats and leave everyone else alone.
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Well, at best it will become a menage-à-trois as the RIAA already has the US legislative in their pockets.
As far as 'money hungry SOBs' goes, they only differ in the fact that in the US, they get paid by 'under the table', while in the EU they try to find fault in the business practices to sanction them.
Also, in the US, those who get payoffs keep it to themselves only, while in the EU they still do pay themselves beefy raises, but a chunk of it goes for the infrastructure.
For one, they could do the same in the US and fund education. And voila, no more bitching about education fund deficit.
 
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