Agency of Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association

LATGA-A, Agency of Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association

J. Basanaviciaus str. 4B
Vilnius
LT-01118
Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 265 1600, +370 5 2651357
Fax: +370 265 1377
Email: latga@latga.lt
web: http://www.latga.lt

Chief Executive:
Head of Visual Arts, PLR and Reprography Division : Gabriele Naprusiene
Chief Executive Phone : +370 5 2651357
Chief Executive Email : gabriele@latga.lt

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Manager of Visual Arts, PLR and Reprography Division : Jurga Braziuniene
E-Mail : jurga@latga.lt
Phone : +370 5 2651357

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : LATGA-A was established in 1990 by Lithuanian creative unions representing a great circle of professional artists and by individual authors of different creative areas. LATGA-A bases its activities on agreements concluded with authors and foreign authors societies. In 1992 LATGA-A joined the community of CISAC. LATGA-A is a multirepertoire collecting society, inter alia, administering the right of reprographic reproduction. Thus, our main objective is to remunerate authors – our members - for the various types of use of their works, including reprographic reproduction.
Year of incorporation : 1990 (reprography since 2002)
Year of first collection : 2002 (reprography)
Year of first distribution : 2002 (reprography)

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 11
Total number of Author Representatives :11
Total number of Publisher Representatives :1
Remarks about the Board : There is no Board of Directors as such. We have the Board of LATGA-A, composed of representatives of each of the 7 creators unions that are incorporators of LATGA-A

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 4033
Remarks about the members : 1880 music works authors, publishers and lyricists, 1222 Literature, drama and audiovisual authors, 924 visual arts authors, 7 legal persons - thus, a total of 4033 Lithuanian authors, as well as foreign authors represented on the basis of 135 reciprocal and unilateral representation contracts concluded with 103 sister societies

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : No
Common law : No
Other Law: Law of the Republic of Lithuania Amending the Law on Copyright and Related Rights adopted in March 5, 2003. Resolution on the approval regulations of payment of remunaration for reprography, February 6, 2002 No. 182 Amendments to the Law on Copyright and Related Rights adopted on 21st of December , 2011

Licensing system:
Non voluntary licence - legal licence
Other licensing system : Operator's fee Equipment levy

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Books, periodicals, visual works
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Copy-shops, universities, colleges, schools, libraries that provide pay copying services, sellers who sell reprography devices in the territory or Lithuania for the first time.


Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : Public performance Broadcasting Retransmission Reproduction On-line exploitation of works Private copying Resale right

DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : No
Statistical surveys : No
Objective availability : Yes
Possibility to be copied : Yes


AGREEMENTS
Other agreements with RROs : No transfer of funds

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
LTL 14,573,570.00 (+/- EUR 4,226,060.61)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
LTL 104,739.00 (+/- EUR 30,372.34)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
LTL 104,739.00 (+/- EUR 30,372.34)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
LTL 11,897,315.00 (+/- EUR 3,449,997.10)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 3.4485 LTL