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EU Proposes Online Music System

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the about-time dept.

jefu writes "According to a story in the Globe and Mail, the European Commission has proposed a unified online music licensing (and copyright) system. The article says that one of the points of doing this is to get copyright and license fees to the artists and to simplify the maze of copyright regulations that cover Europe."

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  1. duh by ichigo-666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I read the title, I thought they were going to create a P2P system :P

  2. Re:Details? by PhilHibbs · · Score: 2, Funny
    "We have to improve the licensing of music copyright on the Internet," McCreevy said,
    "We have to improve the licensing of music copyright on the Internet," McCreevy said,
  3. Unified? by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously those who use the words "unified" and "Europe" in the same sentence never got the memo...

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    Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet

  4. Re:centralized government collection system by KrunZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    88%?