AUTODIA’s delegates were invited as speakers at the Committee on Copyright, Neighboring rights and Private Copying of the Confederation of Rightsholders' Societies of Europe and Asia (CRSEA) that took place online on Wednesday, 9th September, coordinated by RAO.
Mr. Stathis Pantzis, Head of New Media Dept of and Ms. Christina Mergoupi, Private Copy Key Account Manager, participated in the meeting of the Committee and answered the questions of their colleagues from sister companies.
In particular, Mr. Pantzis, after invitation, gave a speech on "Licensing of Digital Service Providers (DSPs) in Europe, experience and difficulties". It is worth noting that the participants from foreign CMOs had the opportunity to be informed about the important agreements, pioneering for their own territories, that AUTODIA has completed in terms of digital licensing, as well as the best way, in which it implements these agreements, regarding the documentation of musical works, the management of playlists etc.
The Confederation is an international non-governmental non-profit organization which consists of national societies that manage different categories of authors’ rights and/or related rights in the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, BRICS countries and other countries. Particularly, the CRSEA consists of organizations based in Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Turkey.