tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3327151720896836033..comments2024-03-28T11:16:43.146+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Sweet grapes, sour grapes, or the grapes of wrath: what is going on with this collecting society?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-62917164107414004002020-12-29T11:00:16.427+00:002020-12-29T11:00:16.427+00:00I always enjoy Mr Wilkof’s posts, and this one was...I always enjoy Mr Wilkof’s posts, and this one was no exception. More so, it has roused me from the post-Christmas coma. Having advised a collecting society which is a “new kid on the block” and treats the requirement of transparency under the Directive on Collective Rights Management (and the implementing regulations) seriously, we have often come up against the confidentiality barrier when holding to account other collecting societies. This is invariably baffling, for two reasons: one, because of what collecting societies are set up to do (as you point out), and two, because the confidentiality mantra is proclaimed as if it came from the holy scriptures. Self-preservation is alive and well… Anna Skurczynskahttp://www.openplanlaw.comnoreply@blogger.com