Society of European Stage Authors and Composers Agrees With CO Music Study
The Society of European Stage Authors and Composers agreed with the U.S. Copyright Office’s recent music licensing study proposal that “sound recordings and musical works should be valued on a more consistent basis,” CEO John Josephson said in a news…
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release Wednesday. The CO’s study, released Feb. 5, backed full federal protection of pre-1972 sound recordings and terrestrial broadcasters paying public performance royalties (see 1502050055). “We agree with the Copyright Office’s recognition of the need to assure fair compensation to creators, the necessity for the licensing process to be more efficient and the demand for market participants to have access to authoritative data to identify and license sound recordings and musical works,” Josephson said.