France enters the modern age of copyright
Adami and SCPP formalize a merger that should significantly alter the copyright landscape in France, with the prospect of a single neighboring rights society. Thunderclap in the world of copyright: Adami and SCPP have announced plans for a rapprochement with the aim of a potential merger. Described by some as a « marriage between carp and rabbit », this association actually represents a welcome simplification of neighboring rights in France. This simplification, called for years by the Cour des Comptes, is still deemed insufficient by the latter, which regularly criticizes collective management organizations…. A wind of change has been blowing through neighboring rights for some time now, and new prospects are taking shape. On the horizon is a totally remodelled landscape, where neighbouring rights and copyright are articulated around two…