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Online distribution prompts need for rights protection.(VIEWPOINT)
I noticed something about the responses to my appointment to the BPI's general counsel role last week. Amid the congratulations, there was another message--"Are you sure you want this job? It's the toughest in the music industry."
There is an unprecedented array of legal issues for the BPI to deal with right now, but in many ways it is business as usual.
The shift to delivering music in the digital environment means tensions between sectors are inevitable.
The BPI's Copyright Tribunal reference of the MCPS-PRS online scheme is not a threatening event, as it is often portrayed. The history books reveal that it is a step we are often forced to take whenever a new format is developed and the publishing sector sees an opportunity to increase its rates.
I look forward to a time when all of us in this business can all prosper from making sound recordings available online. To this end, I trust and hope that the Alliance will see the sense in stepping back from its demand for doubled royalty payments.
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