Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) scheme Definition

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What does Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) scheme mean?

Where collective licensing takes place, relevant licensing bodies tend to represent the majority of rights holders in the sector. An Extended Collective Licensing scheme is one where a relevant licensing body, subject to certain safeguards, is authorised to license specified copyright works on behalf of all rights holders in its sector (including non-members), and not just members who have given specific permission for it to act.

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Collecting societies This Practice Note deals with collecting societies, which may also be ‘licensing bodies’ and/or ‘Collective Management Organisations’ (CMOs). It also considers Independent Management Entities (IMEs). It covers collective licensing, the legal status of a collecting society, details of the collecting societies in the UK, the benefits of membership for copyright owners, disadvantages for rights holders and users, benefits and disadvantages for licensees, legal controls on the conduct of collecting societies, regulation of collecting societies and the Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/221 also known as the Collective Rights Management Regulations or the CRM Regulations. Collecting societies offer right holders a way of collectively licensing and enforcing their IP rights in situations where it would be impractical for each right holder to individually license and police uses of their rights. While several collecting societies may operate in the same creative sector (such as music), generally there will be separate collecting societies for different groups of right holders. Generally, the role of a...

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