The Copyright Licensing & Administration Society of Singapore Limited

CLASS, The Copyright Licensing & Administration Society of Singapore Limited

Blk 4 Tanjong Pagar Plaza
#02-03
Singapore 081004
Singapore
Phone: +65 62235521
Fax: +65 62235526
Email: sy@singnet.com.sg
web: http://www.class-singapore.com

Chief Executive:
: Paul Wee Kian Nghee, PBM

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Licensing Manager : Joan Villegas

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : Established by a pioneer group of local and international publishers and authors in September 1999, CLASS is a not-for-profit copyright agency which facilitates rights-owners and serves users in photocopying and e-copying through a statutory licensing scheme. From zero licensing when it first started Singapore's licensing for academic learning IN Year 2000, its licencees now include both private and all public educational institutions ranging from primary schools, junior colleges, polytechnics to universities.
Year of incorporation : 1999
Year of first collection : May 2002
Year of first distribution : 2005

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 6
How are Board Members elected : At Annual General Meeting
Total number of Author Representatives :2
Total number of Publisher Representatives :4

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 78
Remarks about the members : 24 authors ; 54 publishers

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: Largely based after the British legal system with the Copyright Act modelled after the Australian system.

Licensing system:
Non voluntary licence - legal licence

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Photocopies of educational materials under statutory licence
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Includes course packs
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Universities, polytechnics, all secondary schools and Junior Colleges under the Ministry of Education; government-aided schools and private educational institutions.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: As above under Copyright Act of Singapore
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Universities, polytechnics, all secondary schools and Junior Colleges under the ministry of Education; and government-aided schools.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


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


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 11
Bilateral agreements type A with : ALCS, CAL, CLA, CLL, Copibec, Kopinor, Cedro, CCC, AccessCopy, HKRRLS, FILCOLS,
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 16
Bilateral agreements type B with : CADRA, CEMPRO, CFC, CLL, CopyRus, DALRO, JAMCOPY, OSDEL, REPRONIG, VG WORT, TTRRO, ProLitteris, JAACC, ICLA, CopyDAN, ABDR

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
SGD 1,975,000.00 (+/- EUR 1,151,670.65)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
SGD 1,975,000.00 (+/- EUR 1,151,670.65)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
SGD 1,666,000.00 (+/- EUR 971,485.22)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
SGD 309,000.00 (+/- EUR 180,185.43)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
SGD 1,975,000.00 (+/- EUR 1,151,670.65)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
SGD 943,000.00 (+/- EUR 549,886.29)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
SGD 2,138,000.00 (+/- EUR 1,246,719.93)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 1.7149 SGD