Industry News 2005

• December 2005

• European Parliament to prepare own-initiative report on Collective Rights Management

• NPD Report shows reduction in piracy following June's Grokster ruling

• Commission proposes creating a "single payments area" in the EU

• European Parliament approves first reading of the draft Directive on Data Retention

• November 2005

• First vote on Draft Framework Services Directive in the EP Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee

• Disagreements over inclusion of webcasting in WIPO Draft Broadcasting treaty

• October 2005

• Universal Music Group files complaint to the Commission against collecting societies

• Council adopts Regulation to clarify VAT law

• Commission adopts Recommendation on Collective Rights Management

• September 2005

• Commission calls for proposals promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies

• Draft Sales Promotion Regulation withdrawn

• Commission expected to release Recommendation on Collective Rights Management

• August 2005

• German authorities moves towards the reduction of ringtone advertising

• Grokster ruling may be undermined by new peer-to-peer file sharing software

• Revised "Television Without Frontiers" Directive calls for inclusion of audiovisual services

• Industry stakeholders start responding to the Commission's study on collecting societies

• July 2005

• Commission publishes Impact Assessment on Collective Rights Management

• European Parliament rejects proposed Software Patents Directive

• Commission proposes European criminal law provisions to combat infringements of intellectual property rights

• Rome II adopted at first reading in the European Parliament

• June 2005

• Grokster Ruling in United States

• The i2010 Initiative launched by Commissioner Reding

• Commission pondering over Collective Rights Management

• Rome II voted on in the European Parliament

• May 2005

• Commissioner Viviane Reding calls for clearer rights management

• WIPO released new documents on copyright and related rights

• ROME II discussed in the European Parliament

• April 2005

• WIPO Seminar on copyright and internet intermediaries

• Commission announces policy options for collective rights management and the recasting of copyright regulations

• Council adopts Unfair Commercial Practices directive

• European Commission published Evaluation Plan 2005 for copyright directives

• Television without Frontiers – debated in the European Parliament

• The draft report on ROME II by Diana Wallis was discussed within the JURI committee

• March 2005

• Commission explores DRM, again

• EDiMA submits comments on VAT Consultation

• Rome II discussion continue in the European Parliament

• Spain has launched its publishing license for webcasting

• Global music sales increase.

• February 2005

• Commission launches public consultation on VAT rules applicable to electronically supplied services

• European Parliament adopts Unfair Commercial Practices directive

• Data protection issues related to intellectual property rights – Consultation Paper

• EDiMA joins the European Internet Foundation

• New survey shows one in ten Americans owns a digital music player

• January 2005

• Digital rights management agreement among consumer electronics manufacturers

• Diana Wallis to re-draft Report on Rome II

• Luxembourg Presidency makes 6th VAT Directive a priority

• Poland continues to block the software patents Directive

• IFPI summary report on online music industry in 2004

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