Abstract
Variations in digital copyright law in the international sphere have created unnecessary transaction costs to both consumers and producers who wish to transfer digital media efficiently. This article argues that the international community should create a collective rights organisation to bring uniformity, fairness, and efficiency to the process of transferring digital media and endeavours to construct the ideal model for such a collective rights organisation by describing a hypothetical collective rights organisation named PICRO (Possible International Collective Rights Organisation) and examining its operation using the example of digital music distribution. By illustrating the PICRO model in the light of current trends in international digital copyright law, the article aims to highlight the advantages of the proposed new system while underscoring the inherent weaknesses of having different digital copyright laws for different territories.
Recommended Citation
Maloney, John
(2007)
"A Collective Rights Society For The Digital Age,"
Indian Journal of Law and Technology: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.55496/ZEJC4661
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/ijlt/vol3/iss1/3
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.55496/ZEJC4661
