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	<title>CMU: Complete Music Update &#187; European Union</title>
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		<title>Universal submits proposals for remedies to EMI bid to EU regulators</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EMI Sale Timeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universal has submitted its package of proposed divestments to European regulators, which it is hopes will help win approval for its bid to buy the EMI record company. In a statement this afternoon, the company said: &#8220;Universal Music Group has submitted a package of remedies to the European Commission relating to its proposed acquisition of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-submits-proposals-for-remedies-in-emi-labels-purchase-to-eu-regulators/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More collecting society regulation to be considered in Brussels</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/more-collecting-society-regulation-to-be-considered-in-brussels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/more-collecting-society-regulation-to-be-considered-in-brussels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After last week&#8217;s defeat of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in the European Parliament, copyright talk in Brussels this week will turn to a different bit of legislation, the latest effort on the part of European regulators to reform the collecting society system, mainly with a focus on the more powerful publishing rights societies. According to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/more-collecting-society-regulation-to-be-considered-in-brussels/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>European countries sign ACTA, but will widespread opposition come after the fact?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-countries-sign-acta-but-will-widespread-opposition-come-after-the-fact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-countries-sign-acta-but-will-widespread-opposition-come-after-the-fact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kader Arif]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, now all the chatter about SOPA and PIPA in the US is starting to die down, how about we return to the good old Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, that global intellectual property treaty that has been in development for years, and which was signed by much of Europe yesterday. As previously reported, the ACTA aims<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-countries-sign-acta-but-will-widespread-opposition-come-after-the-fact/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IMPALA calls on EU to explore options for intervening on any Sony or Universal acquisition of EMI</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-calls-on-eu-to-explore-options-for-intervening-on-any-sony-or-universal-acquisition-of-emi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-calls-on-eu-to-explore-options-for-intervening-on-any-sony-or-universal-acquisition-of-emi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EMI Sale Timeline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BMG Chrysalis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pan-European indie label trade body IMPALA has announced it will formally oppose any attempt by Sony to buy the EMI music publishing company and/or Universal to buy the EMI record labels. Sony/ATV is known to be competing with BMG to buy EMI Music Publishing, while sources say that Universal &#8211; which withdrew from the bidding<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-calls-on-eu-to-explore-options-for-intervening-on-any-sony-or-universal-acquisition-of-emi/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>European Union extends sound recording copyright term</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-union-extends-sound-recording-copyright-term/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, copyright extension. After years of campaigning, in the end it all happened rather fast, didn&#8217;t it? Though, I suppose, there is still the matter of this being incorporated into 27 separate copyright systems across the European Union, and presumably the UK industry will be on the phone to relevant British ministers already lobbying them<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-union-extends-sound-recording-copyright-term/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU copyright directive: Everybody comments</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/eu-copyright-directive-everybody-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Wenham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Robinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BASCA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feargal Sharkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Nevrkla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMPALA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Killock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Reed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicians Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Rights Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Rackow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Placido Domingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Bromberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Navin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geoff Taylor, boss of record label trade body the BPI: &#8220;This important decision comes not a moment too soon.  An exceptional period of British musical genius was about to lose its protection. As a matter of principle, it is right that our musicians should benefit from their creativity during their lifetimes, and that they should<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/eu-copyright-directive-everybody-comments/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EC sets out plan for intellectual property reform</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-sets-out-plan-for-intellectual-property-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-sets-out-plan-for-intellectual-property-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 10:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union&#8217;s Internal Markets Commissioner Michel Barnier yesterday set out plans to overhaul intellectual property rules across the European Union, with most of the proposals focused on well-trodden issues, including online piracy and the simplification of pan-European digital licensing. Among the proposals are plans to introduce common rules for collecting societies, in theory making<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-sets-out-plan-for-intellectual-property-reform/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright extension back on the European agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/copyright-extension-back-on-the-european-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/copyright-extension-back-on-the-european-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013 is approaching people, and &#8216;Love Me Do&#8217; is still set to come out of copyright in Europe that year, and from that point onwards the crown jewels of British rock n roll, still sizable earners for the UK record industry, will start to fall out of copyright. Unless, of course, the record labels can<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/copyright-extension-back-on-the-european-agenda/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK government seeks EU advice on closing VAT loophole</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-government-seeks-eu-advice-on-closing-vat-loophole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-government-seeks-eu-advice-on-closing-vat-loophole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking of the European Union, word has it that reps from the UK government have been talking to EU tax officials about how to go about closing &#8211; or, rather narrowing &#8211; the much previously reported tax loophole that means mail-order websites based in the Channel Islands don&#8217;t have to charge VAT on anything under<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-government-seeks-eu-advice-on-closing-vat-loophole/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Promoters of EU-funded Elton John gig told to give grant back</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/promoters-of-eu-funded-elton-john-gig-told-to-give-grant-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/promoters-of-eu-funded-elton-john-gig-told-to-give-grant-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisers of that Elton John gig in Naples, that was in part funded by a European Union grant designed to boost local economies in poorer parts of Europe, have been told to pay the grant money back. Although cultural ventures are eligible for EU development grants, the European Commission ruled last week that an Elton<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/promoters-of-eu-funded-elton-john-gig-told-to-give-grant-back/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EC asks why EU funding helped pay for Italian Elton John gig</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-asks-why-eu-funding-helped-pay-for-italian-elton-john-gig/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-asks-why-eu-funding-helped-pay-for-italian-elton-john-gig/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elton John]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission says it wants to know how approximately 600,000 euros of European Union money was spent on an Elton John concert held in Naples last year. An EC spokesman says he thinks an Italian regional authority breached rules in using European funding for such a venture, while one albeit slightly controversial right wing<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ec-asks-why-eu-funding-helped-pay-for-italian-elton-john-gig/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IMPALA welcome EC ruling on France&#8217;s music card</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-welcome-ec-ruling-on-frances-music-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carte Musique]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pan-European indie label trade body IMPALA has welcomed a European Commission ruling approving the French government&#8217;s youth music card, which gives the kids government subsidised discounts on legit digital music stores in a bid to move them away from illegal online services. The card has been in development for a while since it was first<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-welcome-ec-ruling-on-frances-music-card/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Euro-ruling on music mail-order VAT loophole could come this autumn</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/euro-ruling-on-music-mail-order-vat-loophole-could-come-this-autumn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/euro-ruling-on-music-mail-order-vat-loophole-could-come-this-autumn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Low Value Consignment Relief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of entertainment retail publication Cue Magazine includes an in-depth article on the much previously reported Channel Islands VAT loophole which enables the likes of Amazon, HMV, Play.com and The Hut to sell CDs via mail-order without paying any sales tax, meaning they can easily undercut any mainland retailer which has to add<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/euro-ruling-on-music-mail-order-vat-loophole-could-come-this-autumn/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trois-strikes begins, while Europe could put more pressure on ISPs to act over piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-begins-while-europe-could-put-more-pressure-on-isps-to-act-over-piracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File-Sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to reports, three-strikes is go, go, go in France, with strike one ready to be unleashed against the first batch of web-users suspected of illegally file-sharing. Music Ally cite French website PC INpact as saying that lists of IP addresses of suspected file-sharers have now been sent out to ISPs. The customers using those<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/trois-strikes-begins-while-europe-could-put-more-pressure-on-isps-to-act-over-piracy/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Majors collaborate on global rights database</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/majors-collaborate-on-global-rights-database/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Repertoire Database]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lovely girls and wonderful guys over at the EMI and Universal music publishing companies have teamed up to try to create the world&#8217;s first global database of music rights, recording who owns all the various rights in each territory in every song and sound recording currently under copyright. The publishing majors will work with<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/majors-collaborate-on-global-rights-database/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Might EU’s new digital agenda force iPhone open?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/might-eus-new-digital-agenda-force-iphone-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EC Digital Agenda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some tech experts reckon a new Digital Agenda proposal document published by the European Commission in May could result in rules that force companies like Apple to open up their technologies to rivals, so that tech firms could develop software that would work with the iPhone operating system without having to have Apple&#8217;s approval, and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/might-eus-new-digital-agenda-force-iphone-open/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>German minister says no to three-strikes</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/german-minister-says-no-to-three-strikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s Federal Minister Of Justice, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has said that her government will not be introducing a three-strikes system for combating internet piracy. Ever since the French and UK governments started putting three-strikes on to the statute book, so that internet service providers may be forced to cut off or suspend the net access of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/german-minister-says-no-to-three-strikes/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IMPALA put indie music chiefs in front of EU leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-put-indie-music-chiefs-in-front-of-eu-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-put-indie-music-chiefs-in-front-of-eu-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMPALA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Independent music companies had the opportunity to speak to EU and Belgian government officials this week at a summit organised by pan-European indie label trade body IMPALA. The Belgians are relevant because they will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU at the start of the next month. The trade body&#8217;s co-President,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-put-indie-music-chiefs-in-front-of-eu-leaders/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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