Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc.

FILCOLS, Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc.

5th Floor, A-Z Bldg
723 Sgt. Bumatay Street,
Barangay Plainview
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila
1550
Philippines
Phone: (632) 533 2309, (632) 746 7162
Fax: (632) 533 2399
Email: filcols@gmail.com
web: http://filcols.blogspot.com

Chief Executive:
Executive Director : Alvin J. Buenaventura
Chief Executive Phone : +63917-583-4893
Chief Executive Email : alvinbonn@yahoo.com

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Executive Officer, Licensing : Napoleon G. Almonte
E-Mail : napalmonte@yahoo.com
Phone : +63999-748-0129
Chair : Dr Isagani R. Cruz
E-Mail : isaganicruz@gmail.com
Treasurer : Mr Lirio P. Sandoval
E-Mail : lsandoval@azdirect.com.ph

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : The establishment of collective management organizations is supported by the Book Publishing Industry Development Act of 1995 and the National Book Policy of 1999. In 2001, the Philippine government’s National Book Development Board (NBDB) encouraged authors and publishers to establish a reproduction rights organization. However, after its incorporation, the initial organization was mired due to its inability to generate enthusiasm and support among stakeholders. In 2007, the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), with the help of the NBDB and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, organized the new RRO with a larger representation of authors and publishers. On 8 January 2008, the Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS) was incorporated. FILCOLS became the latest IFRRO member on 3 June 2009.
Year of incorporation : 2008

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 9
How are Board Members elected : At the Annual General Meeting
Total number of Author Representatives :5
Total number of Publisher Representatives :4
Remarks about the Board : FILCOLS’s nine-person Board is composed of five authors, two publishers, one foreign publisher’s representative, and one book association representative.

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 556
Remarks about the members : The bulk of FILCOLS's members come from the Book Development Association of the Philippines, the country's largest book industry association, and from the Writers Union of the Philippines or Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), the largest organization of Filipino writers.

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 : All types of published materials.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): General photocopying of published materials including coursepacks for internal, institutional use.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Higher education institutions, businesses, and other organizations.


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 : Yes
Full reporting : No
Sampling : No
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 11
Bilateral agreements type B with : CADRA (Argentina), CAL (Australia), CDR (Colombia), Copydan Writing (Denmark), IRRO (India), JAACC (Japan), KOPIKEN (Kenya), MASA (Mauritius), REPRONIG (Nigeria), CLASS (Singapore), and TTRRO (Trinidad and Tobago).
Other agreements with RROs : Pilot Bilateral Agreement with CLA (UK) and Milestones Bilateral Agreement with CCC (USA).

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
PHP 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 59.7405 PHP