Opinia w sprawie projektu dyrektywy Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie zbiorowego zarządzania prawami autorskimi i prawami pokrewnymi oraz udzielania licencji wieloterytorialnych dotyczących praw do utworów muzycznych na potrzeby ich wykorzystania na internetowym polu eksploatacji na rynku wewnętrznym

In the authors’ view, the proposed directive infringes the principle of subsidiarity and does not deserve support at the Council of European Union. The proposal applies to organizations and relationships of both trans-border and strictly national nature, irrespective of the sector in which the collective societies operate, or whether they are engaged in multi-territorial licensing. According to the authors’ conclusions, the European Commission did not prove that EU Member States, acting independently or cooperating among themselves, cannot achieve the objectives specified in the proposal. An analysis of current Polish legal provisions and their evolution shows that achievement of those objectives is not only possible as a result of measures taken at the national level, but in fact those objectives have been to a considerable degree achieved.