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Music copyright groups permit global Internet licenses

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(IDG) -- The legal issues surrounding online music distribution may have taken a small step toward clarity Tuesday when a number of copyright organizations convened to hammer out a deal for Web-related content.

Five copyright societies met in Santiago, Chile, and signed a number of separate bilateral agreements in an attempt to simplify the licensing issues surrounding the public performance of music used online.

The group assembled at the CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) World Congress and set forth to ease some of the issues that have plagued music distribution over the Internet. U.S. organization BMI, Holland's BUMA, Germany's GEMA, the U.K.'s PRS (The Performing Right Society) and France's SACEM bodies entered into an agreement that permits each group to grant licenses for online music use on a global scale.

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"The parties recognize that one transmission of music over the Internet may result in performances in multiple countries," said the group in a joint communique. "We realize that the extensive use of copyrighted music is not limited to territorial boundaries in the online world. We hope that others will agree that this is a necessary step to assure the legal performance of music online, and that many other societies will enter into such agreements."

The deals signed by the international organizations will include Web casting, streaming content, online music-on-demand and music that comes in the form of online video. The five members of the agreement said they will deliver a mechanism for the distribution of licensing fees to authors, composers and music publishers on a worldwide range.

The agreements became effective Tuesday and will extend until Dec. 31, 2001.




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