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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8117

20 December 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) united states
New agreement in copyright dispute

Brussels, 19/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - As reported in brief yesterday (p.6), the European Union and the United States have agreed on a temporary solution of their dispute over music copyright, following the disputes procedure at the WTO in the summer (see EUROPE of 26 July 2001). The compromise reached by the European Trade Commissioner, Pascal Lamy, and his US counterpart, Robert Zoellick, involves the payment of "temporary" royalties to European musicians and composers for the economic...

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