COLLECTING SOCIETIES
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLPUBLISHERS have been warned they could lose control of fees they charge for library and other licensed reproductions of their works if the European Commission pursues plans to frame European Union (EU) legislation on collecting societies. Britain's Publishers Licensing Society has broadly welcomed the proposals as improving transparency across the EU, but says booksellers will have to scrutinise the detail of any forthcoming legislation for common rules on royalties. Chief executive Alicia Wise said: "The concern from the publishers' perspective ...
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