SGAE fined €2.95m for anti-competitive practices
In the latest of a series of sanctions against Spanish collection society SGAE, the national competition watchdog imposes a fine for abuse of dominant position
News By | 3 June 2019
The Spanish competition regulator has fined national collection society SGAE €2.95 million for anti-competitive conduct, just days after the society’s expulsion from international authors’ rights association Cisac.
The national commission of markets and competition (Comisión nacional de los mercados y la competencia – CNMC) imposed the fine following the conclusion of a two-year investigation into actions undertaken by SGAE, known as the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores in Spanish.
The fine is the second that SGAE has received in…
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