June 20, 2012 – Global, cross-media project the Linked Content Coalition (LCC), launched back in April to address challenges of managing Intellectual Property in the digital age, is holding its first Plenary meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, 20 June.
Technical work is being undertaken by executives from news media, publishing, TV, film, music, IT and internet media businesses (including Axel Springer, Associated Press, EMI music publishing and Microsoft) to facilitate the more effective management of rights data on the Internet and to make copyright apply in the digital age.
Copyright remains a topical issue internationally. In Brussels alone, legislative proposals on orphan works are nearing conclusion and the LCC expects new proposals before long on collective rights management.