tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2701930213845832084..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Fordham 2018 Report 1: Building Out the House - Music Licensing Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71739420418200914992018-05-02T18:35:25.778+01:002018-05-02T18:35:25.778+01:00Thanks for this summary of the panel. A clarifica...Thanks for this summary of the panel. A clarification: I did not support a blanket compulsory license for sound recordings. I did argue that the efficiency of collective licensing benefits both users and rights holders. But rather than arguing for mandatory collective licensing to be imposed upon sound recording rights holders, I contended that marketplace efficiencies will lead sound recording rights holders to license collectively where it makes sense. That has been our experience in Canada, where Music Canada licenses a wide range of innovative business models on behalf of thousands of rights holders, from major labels to self-produced and distributed independent artists. At the same time, I argued that the marketplace will impose pricing discipline on rights holders. As I noted, citing the experience of iTunes and YouTube, it is commercial users, rather than rights holders, who have exercised market power to dictate pricing in the digital marketplace.Richard Pfohlnoreply@blogger.com