Spanish Model of RRO CEDRO Magdalena Vinent Chief

Spanish Model of RRO: CEDRO Magdalena Vinent Chief Executive of CEDRO President of IFRRO 5 April 2011 1

Summary 1. About us 2. Types of RROs 1. 3. Our mission 2. 4. Organization 3. 5. We represent 4. 6. Functions 2

1. About us • CEDRO is a non-profit association of authors and publishers of books, periodicals and other publications. • CEDRO collectively manages intellectual property rights. • It was authorized to work as RRO in 1988 by the Ministry of Culture, under the Spanish Intellectual Property Law. 3

2. Types of RROs • Voluntary licence – UK, ICLA • Voluntary licence with legislative support – Nordic countries • Non-Voluntary / Legal licence – Netherlands, Switzerland – Levies: Austria, Belgium, Germany 4

2. Spanish RRO system Spanish Intellectual Property law establishes a mixed system: 1. Voluntary licensing for collective and commercial uses 2. Exception in the law for private copy, compensated with a levy on the machines 5

3. Our Mission To represent and defend the legitimate interests of authors and publishers by authorising and promoting the legal use of their works. 6

4. Organization General Meeting of Members Board of Directors Executive Office 7

5. We represent…(I) CEDRO represents… for… by… …All Authors and Publishers …Private Copy …Law …Public Lending Right … 19. 509 Members: 17. 828 Authors 1. 681 Publishers …Voluntary Licensing …Individual Mandates …Authors and Publishers from 36 RROs …Voluntary Licensing …Bilateral Agreements 8

5. We represent…(II) 19. 509 members 17. 828 authors 1. 681 publishers February 2011 9

5. We represent…(III) The number of members has increased a 79% in the last 5 years December 2010 10

5. We represent…(IV) We also represent the authors and publishers of 36 entities from other countries. 11

6. Functions (I) • Licensing the use of our repertoire • Managing compensation for private copy • Managing compensation for public lending rights • Distributing rights between authors and publishers • Helping authors and publishers • Increasing copyright awareness 12

6. Functions (II) • We grant licenses for the use of works of our repertoire • Photocopying and scanning of books, magazines and newspapers. • In corporations, educational Institutions, Government, etc. • Licences allow to access copyright works while respecting intellectual property rights of authors and publishers. www. conlicencia. com 13

6. Functions (III) • We manage compensation for private copy • On behalf of authors and publishers of books and periodicals • A levy is applied to equipment, devices and media capable to make private copies, according to Spanish IPL • It must be paid by manufacturers and importers of this kind of devices 14

6. Functions (IV) • We manage public lending right We collect the compensation generated by the loan of books in libraries and similar institutions, regulated by the Spanish IPL 15

6. Functions (V) • We distribute remuneration among authors and publishers • Remuneration is distributed to Spanish and foreign RH. • It is carried out according to the use of the works (statistical surveys) Euro million 16

6. Functions (VI) • We help authors and publishers • We help authors and collaborate in training activities and cultural events. • We assign 20% of revenue from private copy to this goal, according to the law. • We file lawsuits on behalf of our members’ rights. 17

6. Functions (VII) • We increase Copyright awareness Communication and information activities to increase public Copyright awareness (Es de Libro and Educar para Crear, conferences, seminars, newsletters, training, contests, etc. ) 18

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