Europe Whips Up Royalty Regulations

The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, introduced legislation that will make it easier for agencies to collect royalties on digital music. The bill will aim to modernize the EU's 250 collecting societies, which collect money from music users -- bars, restaurants, radio stations and so on -- and distribute royalties to copyright holders. These 250 societies collect about $7.5 billion per year, but they are inefficient and in some cases don't properly distribute royalties.

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