Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society

AMCOS, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society

16 Mountain Street
ULTIMO
NSW 2007
Australia
Phone: + 61 2 9935 7900
Fax: + 61 2 9935 7790
Email: licence@apra.com.au
web: http://www.apra.com.au

Chief Executive:
Chief Executive : Brett Cottle
Chief Executive Phone : +61 2 9935 7900
Chief Executive Email : bcottle@apra.com.au

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Director - Recorded Musc Servcies : Matthew Fackrell
E-Mail : mfackrell@apra.com.au
Phone : + 61 2 9935 7900
Educational Licensing Representative : Elizabeth Stanton
E-Mail : estanton@apra.com.au
Phone : + 61 2 9935 7953

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Year of incorporation : 1979
Year of first collection : 1988 for collection of reprographic licensing fees
Year of first distribution : 1988 for collection of reprographic licensing fees

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 14
How are Board Members elected : Elected by vote of the members
Total number of Publisher Representatives :14

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 10502

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : No
Common law : Yes
Other Law: Australian Copyright Act (1968) Commonwealth legislation

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing with legal back-up

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Print Music in sheet form and in folio or collection format.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Primary and secondary schools in Australia and New Zealand


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: None available for print, only for audio or audiovisual recordings.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Primary and secondary schools in Australia and New Zealand as well as universities in Australia and New Zealand.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : mechanical and synchronization licensing by AMCOS in relation to recordings of musical works

DISTRIBUTION
Outline of Distribution plan and methodology used : 50% - Copyright Owner, 50% - Print Right Owner
Title-specific distribution : Yes
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : Yes
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Bilateral agreements type A with : under the process of negotiation

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
AUD 4,692,597.44 (+/- EUR 3,583,503.20)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
AUD 3,550,634.80 (+/- EUR 2,711,443.15)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
AUD 3,550,634.89 (+/- EUR 2,711,443.21)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 1.3095 AUD