Bonus Presskopia

Bonus Presskopia

Box 45006
Stockholm
SE-104 30
Sweden
Phone: +46-(0)8-545 429 00
Fax: +46-(0)8-545 429 10
Email: info@b-pk.se
web: http://www.bonuspresskopia.se

Chief Executive:
CEO : Christer Johansson

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Legal Adviser : Mathias Willdal
Legal Adviser : Malin Hertzell

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : During the 60s it became apparent that individual teachers’ need for copying from books, newspapers and periodicals and other literary and artistic works could not be satisfied within the framework of the Swedish Copyright Act and that illegal copying was prevalent. All parties – publishers, authors and the Government (representing the educational system) – found that they had a common interest in settling the issue by agreement. BONUS (Pictures, Words, Printed Music – Joint Copyright Organisation) was formed in 1973 when the first collective agreement was reached by the Government and the rightholders. Presskopia was formed in 1982 by the organisations in the newspaper and the periodical sectors. In 1996 the organisations in the pictorial sector joined. The main task was to license the right to reproduction of articles in newspapers and periodicals for internal use within companies, organisations and authorities. From 1 January 1999 BONUS and Presskopia are one organisation with the name Bonus Presskopia.
Year of incorporation : 1973
Year of first collection : 1973
Year of first distribution : 1974

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 9
How are Board Members elected : The members and deputy members are elected by the AGM. The additional members are appointed by the organisations not represented on the board and made additional members by the board's decision.
Total number of Author Representatives :4
Total number of Publisher Representatives :4
Remarks about the Board : The board is composed of nine members (four author representatives, four publisher representatives and the chairman), eight deputy members (four author representatives and four publisher representatives) and four additional members (all author representatives). All twenty-one may attend the meetings and have the right to express an opinon. The chairman shall, according to the statutes, be impartial and independent in relation to the member associations.

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 15
Total Publishers' Associations :5
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:10
Remarks about the members : The Association of Swedish Craftsmen and Industrial Designers, The Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers, The Association of Swedish Professional Photographers, Educational Writers in Sweden (LISAB), Journalisterna i Sverige AB (The Journalists in Sweden), The Society of Swedish Composers, Sveriges Tidskrifter AB (Swedish Magazine Publishers) The Swedish Artists’ National Organisation, The Swedish Association of Educational Publishers, The Swedish Music Publishers Association, Swedish Picture Suppliers Association, The Swedish Publishers’ Association, The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers, The Swedish Writers’ Union, TU Service AB (Swedish Newspaper Publishers)

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: The Swedish Copyright Act has provisions on the extended effect of collective licences. The system is based on the existence of collective organisations representing rightholders. On behalf of their members the organisations enter into licence agreements with users of copyright protected works. By virtue of provisions in the Copyright Act the licence agreements are extended to cover all rights holders. The extended collective licence confers to the user the right to exploit works of the kind referred to in the agreement despite the fact that the authors of those works are not represented by the organisations. The rationale of the system is that users may legally use all works, without the possibility of receiving individual claims from non-members or having to face criminal sanctions.

Licensing system:
Extended Collective Licence
Mandating rights holders :
Mandates through the rightholders' associations (member organisations).

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : All types of works.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Photocopying for educational purposes, for internal information and for church services. There is nothing in the licences preventing the educational institutions from compiling course packs.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Educational institutions, companies, organisations, authorities, churches.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: All types of works.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Reproduction of works stored in digital form (e.g. downloads from the Internet, copying from CD-ROMs etc.), digitization of works in analogue form (e.g. by scanning) and printouts of works stored in digital form. There is nothing in the licences preventing the educational institutions from compiling course packs.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Educational institutions.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


DISTRIBUTION
Outline of Distribution plan and methodology used : Distributions are based on statistical surveys.
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : Yes
Full reporting : No
Sampling : No
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 6
Bilateral agreements type A with : CCC (USA), CLA (UK), Copy-Dan Writing (Denmark), Kopinor (Norway), Kopiosto (Finland) and VG Wort (Germany).
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 2
Bilateral agreements type B with : Fjölís (Iceland) and Fjølrit (Faroe Islands).
Other agreements with RROs : BUS (Sweden) for transfer of remuneration for pictorial to ARS, GAG and VAGA (USA), DACS (UK) and VG Bild-Kunst (Germany).

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
SEK 177,730,000.00 (+/- EUR 19,775,683.46)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
SEK 177,730,000.00 (+/- EUR 19,775,683.46)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
SEK 170,758,000.00 (+/- EUR 18,999,922.11)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
SEK 6,972,000.00 (+/- EUR 775,761.35)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
SEK 138,439,000.00 (+/- EUR 15,403,847.65)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
SEK 12,939,107.00 (+/- EUR 1,439,710.15)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
SEK 151,378,107.00 (+/- EUR 16,843,557.80)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 8.9873 SEK