A demand from European Union lawmakers to regulate how authors and composers receive cash for downloaded works has been rejected by the bloc’s executive arm.EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said in remarks to the European Parliament on Wednesday evening that more time was needed for his two-year-old voluntary guidelines on cross-border management of music rights to work.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL1563056120071115
McCreevy rejects call for EU online music rules
A demand from European Union lawmakers to regulate how authors and composers receive cash for downloaded works has been rejected by the bloc’s executive arm. EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said in remarks to the European Parliament on Wednesday evening that more time was needed for his two-year-old voluntary guidelines on cross-border management of music rights to work.