Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (Pty) Limited

DALRO, Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (Pty) Limited

P.O. Box 31627
Braamfontein
2017
South Africa
Phone: + 27 11 712 8000
Fax: + 27 86 648 6299
Email: dalro@dalro.co.za
web: http://www.dalro.co.za/

Chief Executive:
Managing Director : Nothando Migogo
Chief Executive Phone : + 27 11 712 8000
Chief Executive Email : nothando.migogo@dalro.co.za

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Executive Chairman of the Board : Gérard Robinson
E-Mail : gerard.robinson@dalro.co.za
Phone : + 27 11 712 8000
Specialist Legal Counsel : Carlo Scollo Lavizzari
E-Mail : csl@lclaw.ch
Phone : + 41 79 358 0109

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : Incorporated in: 1967 First collection of fees in: 1990 First distribution in: 1990
Year of incorporation : 1967
Year of first collection : 1990
Year of first distribution : 1990

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 12
How are Board Members elected : By the Board Members themselves
Total number of Author Representatives :5
Total number of Publisher Representatives :5
Remarks about the Board : The remaining 2 Board Members comprise the Executive Director and the Executive Chairman of the Board.

Members:
Remarks about the members : DALRO is not a membership-based organisation, but represents rights' owners on an agency basis.

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing schemes, without any form of back-up in Copyright Laws

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Books and serial publications in copyright.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Mainly dissemination in the form of course packs.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Primarly Higher Education Institutions
Pilot Projects : none


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Books and serial publications in copyright.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Academic course packs, scanning for institutional intranets.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Primarly Higher Education Institutions

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : DALRO is a multi-purpose collecting society which also administers public performance rights, broadcasting rights and reproduction rights in visual works of art.

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


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 9
Bilateral agreements type A with : Access Copyright (Canada, incl Quebec), CAL (Australia), CCC (USA), CFC (France), CLA (UK), CLL (New Zealand), COPY-DAN Writing (Denmark), ICLA (Ireland), KOPINOR (Norway), NLA (UK) REPROBEL (Belgium)
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 12
Bilateral agreements type B with : CADRA (Argentina), CEDRO (Spain), CeMPro (Mexico), CLASS (Singapore), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), JAMCOPY (Jamaica), KOPIKEN (Kenya), OSDEL (Greece), Pro Litteris (Switzerland), SR (Netherlands), VG WORT (Germany) and ZIMCOPY (Zimbabwe)

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
ZAR 28,582,389.00 (+/- EUR 3,226,440.26)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
ZAR 26,527,103.00 (+/- EUR 2,994,435.25)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
ZAR 24,917,517.00 (+/- EUR 2,812,741.79)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
ZAR 1,338,709.00 (+/- EUR 151,116.29)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
ZAR 9,477,661.00 (+/- EUR 1,069,858.33)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
ZAR 11,462,172.00 (+/- EUR 1,293,874.11)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
ZAR 21,601,415.00 (+/- EUR 2,438,413.22)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 8.8588 ZAR