EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensing

July 3, 2008 By KIMBERLY CHOW , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.

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So, they want to get rid of 27 small monopolies and just have one big monopoly for all of the EU? Or am I missing something?
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