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CELAS, The organisation representing EMI Music Publishing's online and mobile rights, has revealed it now operates pan-European deals with around half a dozen digital groups following last week's link-up with RealNetworks.
It has emerged that in addition to inking a deal with RealNetworks to supply songs by Gorillaz, Scissor Sisters, The Feeling and other EMI Publishing repertoire to Real Music Radio and the Real Digital Download Shop, Celas now has deals in place with 7Digital, iTunes, Nokia and Omnifone, the first pan-European deal brokered by the group in February.
The group, which began fully operating as a joint venture between MCPS- PRS Alliance and the German group GEMA in 2007, is one of the first to offer PRS and GEMA licences for cross-border digital and mobile music services. It claims, therefore, to be moving towards how the European Commission wants collective rights management to operate in Europe.
With the European Commission currently looking to reform how Europe's collecting ...