The current state of digital licensing is a shambles. My proposal is that collection societies should 'audition' to become the one-stop licensing shop for EuropeThis week, the music industry descended on Cannes for the annual Midem conference. Despite a range of speakers sharing their expertise, there was still one subject notable by its absence: how to sort out the shambolic state of digital licensing. In 2008, I wrote about how the EU's proposal to break up the monopoly of collection societies...
Guardian Music — The current state of digital licensing is a shambles. My proposal is that collection societies should 'audition' to become the one-stop licensing shop for EuropeThis week... more info