25 May 2007, 13:19
The Universal - BMG merger approved by EU
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of BMG music publishing business by Universal.
This deal got the approval after Universal proposed a plan to prevent excess market power consolidation. The EU Commissioner’s concern was that the copyright for using music online (for example, sell in a Internet music store) would be held by an entity close to a monopoly. In some countries the new venture would own publishing rights to more than a half of chart hits. While traditional publishing rights are still administered via independent fee collecting societies, copyright for digital downloads is managed by chosen entities controlled by the labels. If so the online stores could face unfair prices after the Universal-BMG merger.
To prevent this Universal has promised to sell off some part of its catalogue. So it doesn’t become too big. Such measure had satisfied the European Commission and won the approval for the deal. So now the No. 3 and No. 4 music catalogues can be merged into one.
Read more:
Commission approves Universal’s proposed takeover of BMG's music publishing business, subject to commitments, EC press release
EU OKs Universal-BMG Music Groups Deal, ABC News
Commission Examination Focuses Heavily on Digital Formats, Digital Music News
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Comments 20
1. by (Anonymous), 31 May 2007, 00:55
"To prevent this Universal has promised to sell off some part of its catalogue. So it doesn’t become too big."
So they don't want to become bigger after all... They just like the name ;)
2. by Anonymous 2, 20 July 2007, 04:37
Tools, way to letting them tell you how to sell music
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