What is music copyright? What is collective management of music copyright? Why should collective management of music copyright be carried out? Let’s take a detailed look at the relevant knowledge points about the collective management of music copyright. Why should we carry out collective management of music copyright? With the development of science and technology and the popularization of the Internet, the biggest challenge facing copyright and the music industry currently comes from the combination of digital technology and Internet technology. The dissemination of music works has long been separated from traditional methods. , instead, Internet technology is used to share and download among people. As for the endless piracy and illegal downloads nowadays, how to more effectively protect the interests of copyright owners while maximizing the economic value of the works will be more beneficial to the whole society. concerned. my country currently implements a copyright collective management system. The China Music Copyright Collective Management Association manages and authorizes the copyright of member works and charges reasonable management and use fees. This is the most common practice in music copyright management in the world today. What is music copyright? Music copyright refers to the legal rights that creators of musical works enjoy over their creations. Mainly include: property rights such as performance rights, copy rights, broadcast rights, network transmission rights, and signature rights of musical works, as well as moral rights such as the right to protect the integrity of the work. What is collective management of music copyright? The collective management of music copyright is relative to the individual exercise of rights by music copyright holders. It is a unified organization through which many music copyright holders, and in the name of this organization, collectively exercise their rights to users of musical works. The collective management of music copyright has a history of more than 100 years abroad. Countries that have established copyright protection systems generally have such organizations. Why should collective management of music copyright be carried out? Compared with other types of works, musical works are easier to spread and obtain, and the use of musical works is more sporadic, extensive, massive and immediate. Therefore, the music author cannot personally grasp the use of the musical work and supervise and control it. For example, it is almost impossible for the author to know that a song was used in a cabaret performance far away from the author's residence, or even abroad. On the other hand, it is indeed difficult for users to obtain authorization from each author for each use of each work, especially when one use involves many works and many authors. In order to avoid the extreme situation of either no use or no protection, it is necessary to implement collective management of music copyrights, which not only protects the rights and interests of music copyright owners, but also facilitates the use of musical works.