The extended collecting licensing(ECL) has been implemented in the Nordic countries for more than fifty years with great success and social benefits.In the latest draft amendment of the Copyright Law of China,the legi...The extended collecting licensing(ECL) has been implemented in the Nordic countries for more than fifty years with great success and social benefits.In the latest draft amendment of the Copyright Law of China,the legislators attempted to introduce such copyright management mechanism into China.Three consecutive drafts provided the system in detail.However,this also led to widespread controversy in terms of the feasibility of this system.Debates mainly concerned about the representativeness of the collecting societies,the protection of non- member right holders and the dispute resolution mechanism.The author of this article maintains that the ECL system in practice helps solve the problem of copyright licensing,but the legislators shall be cautious in several aspects during the transplantation.展开更多
文摘The extended collecting licensing(ECL) has been implemented in the Nordic countries for more than fifty years with great success and social benefits.In the latest draft amendment of the Copyright Law of China,the legislators attempted to introduce such copyright management mechanism into China.Three consecutive drafts provided the system in detail.However,this also led to widespread controversy in terms of the feasibility of this system.Debates mainly concerned about the representativeness of the collecting societies,the protection of non- member right holders and the dispute resolution mechanism.The author of this article maintains that the ECL system in practice helps solve the problem of copyright licensing,but the legislators shall be cautious in several aspects during the transplantation.
