Association of Copyright Collective Administration for Authors of Scientific and Technical Works

KOPIPOL, Association of Copyright Collective Administration for Authors of Scientific and Technical Works

ul. Warszawska 30 lok. 19,
Kielce
25-312
Poland
Phone: +48 41 341 54 39
Fax: +48 41 341 54 47
Email: kopipol@kopipol.pl
web: www.kopipol.pl

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Chairman : Mieczyslaw Poniewski

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : KOPIPOL Association was formed by Polish scientists on 5 June 1995. KOPIPOL Association gained the status of the organisation for the collective management of copyright by virtue of the decision of the Minister of Culture and Arts of 16 Aug. 1995. The scope of the collective management set by the above-mentioned decision was extended due to the decision of the Minister of Culture of 20 Nov. 2003. Presently, the latter constitutes the legal basis of KOPIPOL Association activities as an organisation for the collective management of copyright. On the basis of the above-mentioned decision, KOPIPOL Association is a collective manager of copyright with respect to scientific and technical works in the following areas of exploitation: 1. recording, 2. reproduction of the copies of works with any technological means, including printing, reprography, magnetic or digital recording, 3. putting into circulation, 4. lending for use, 5. hire, 6. projection, 7. displaying the work publicly, 8. broadcasting, 9. reemission, 10. making the work available for the public in such a way that anyone can have access to it at a place and time chosen by them. Moreover, by virtue of the decision of the Minister of Culture, KOPIPOL Association was authorised to exercise the right specified in the art. 30 par. 2 of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights to collect royalties from information and documentation centres for providing work copies on payable basis.
Year of incorporation : 1999
Year of first collection : 1996
Year of first distribution : 1998

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 5
How are Board Members elected : By the General Assembly
Total number of Author Representatives :4
Total number of Publisher Representatives :1

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 79
Total Publishers' Associations :4
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:75
Remarks about the members : KOPIPOL Association represent all authors of scientific and technical works and some publishers of these works

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: The copyright collective management system, including the means and conditions that must be satisfied to gain the status of copyright collective management organisation, was laid down in the Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 4 Feb. 1994 (Journal of Laws 2000, No. 80, item 904 with alterations). In addition, the provisions of the law form the basis of collection and distribution of payments made by manufacturers and importers of reprographic devices and also copy shops.

Licensing system:
Equipment levy and Operator's fee

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Scientific and literary works. As regards the collection of payments made by manufacturers and importers of reprographic devices and also copy shops, KOPIPOL Association is a copyright collective manager of authors whose works are copied with reprography for permitted personal use. With respect to the collection of remuneration from information and documentation centres, KOPIPOL Association is a copyright collective manager of authors whose works are made available by these centres on payment.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Scientific and literary works. As regards the collection of payments made by manufacturers and importers of reprographic devices and also copy shops, KOPIPOL Association is a copyright collective manager of authors whose works are copied with reprography for permitted personal use. With respect to the collection of remuneration from information and documentation centres, KOPIPOL Association is a copyright collective manager of authors whose works are made available by these centres on payment.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


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 : Yes
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 1
Bilateral agreements type A with : KOPINOR [Norway]
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 11
Bilateral agreements type B with : 1) Literar Mechana (Austria); 2) COPY-DAN (Denmark); 3) KOPIOSTO (Finland); 4) ProLitteris (Switzerland); 5) VG Wort (Germany); 6) OSDEL - Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works (Greece); 7) Stichting Reprorecht (Holland); 8) DILIA (The Czech Republic); 9) LITA (Slovakia); 10) C.F.C. - Centre Français d'exploitation du droit de Copie (France) and 11) Cedro - Centro Espanol de Derechos Reprográficos (Spain).

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
PLN 9,800,221.66 (+/- EUR 2,400,602.99)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
PLN 9,800,221.66 (+/- EUR 2,400,602.99)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
PLN 9,759,369.43 (+/- EUR 2,390,596.08)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
PLN 40,852.23 (+/- EUR 10,006.92)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
PLN 8,077,832.70 (+/- EUR 1,978,697.02)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
PLN 8,077,832.70 (+/- EUR 1,978,697.02)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2013 was applied, being EUR 1= 4.0824 PLN