Research On Antitrust Issues In Digital Music Copyright Licensing Mode

The advent of the digital economy has allowed digital music to rapidly replace physical recordings,and the ease of copying digital music has led to chaotic piracy in China’s early music market.In order to improve this situation,the National Copyright Administration has issued a number of decrees to regulate the situation,and in this context,the exclusive licensing model for digital music has become the preferred copyright trading model for music platforms.Although digital music exclusive licensing agreements do not legally violate the relevant regulations,this model may,to a certain extent,lead to monopoly risks.By analyzing the legality and rationality of the exclusive licensing model of digital music copyright,this paper discusses the possible monopoly risks arising from the digital music copyright licensing model in the light of the first domestic digital music anti-monopoly case,and proposes reasonable suggestions to regulate the monopoly risks such as improving relevant legal regulations,introducing competitive copyright collective management organizations and promoting mutual licensing among platforms.