KOPIOSTO

KOPIOSTO

Hietaniemenkatu 2
Helsinki
FI-00100
Finland
Phone: +358 9 431 521
Fax: +358 9 4315 2377
Email: kopiosto@kopiosto.fi
web: http://www.kopiosto.fi

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Managing Director : Pekka Rislakki
E-Mail : pekka.rislakki@kopiosto.fi
Phone : +358 9 4315 2300
Deputy Managing Director : Jukka-Pekka Timonen
E-Mail : jukka-pekka.timonen@kopiosto.fi
Phone : +358 9 4315 2321

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : Kopiosto was founded in 1978 due to the rapid spread of photocopying in 1970s. At that time, it was always necessary to ask for separate consent from both author and publisher. This complicated procedure resulted in a high level of illicit copying and copyright organizations from various fields established Kopiosto to safeguard the rights of their members. From the very beginning it was also foreseen that the recording of radio and television programmes would become common in educational establishments and that cassette service would proliferate. Kopiosto is now a comprehensive organization. Through the Finnish Copyright Act Kopiosto licenses the mass use of works. The legal term for this type of arrangement is an extended collective license.
Year of incorporation : 1978
Year of first collection : 1979
Year of first distribution : 1982

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 11
How are Board Members elected : The Board of Directors is elected in the Autumn meeting.

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 44
Total Publishers' Associations :6
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:38
Total Rights holders represented : 46000
Remarks about the members : Authors, photographers, performing artists and publishers in all field of creative work: LITERATURE AND THE PRESS *Association of Editors in Chief of *Local Newspapers in Finland *The Association of Finnish Writers for Children and Youth *Finnish Association of Magazine Editors-in-Chief *The Finnish Association of Non-fiction Writers *Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters *Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists *Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing *The Finnish Book Publishers´ Association *The Finnish Critics´ Association *The Finnish Dramatists´ Union *Finnish Newspapers´ Association *Finnish Periodical Publishers Association (FPPA) *Finnish Technical Publishers´Association *The Guild of Finnish Editors *Society of Swedish Authors in Finland *The Union of Finnish Writers *Union of Journalists in Finland MUSIC *Finnish Composers and Lyric Writers ELVIS Association *Finnish Composers´ Copyright Society TEOSTO *Finnish Music Publishers´ Association *Finnish Musicians´ Union *GRAMEX, Copyright Society of Performing Artists and Phonogram *Producers in Finland *Society of Finnish Composers STILL IMAGE *Artists´ Association of Finland *Central Association of Finnish *Photographic Organizations, Finnfoto *Finnish Comics Professionals *Grafia, Association of Professional *Graphic Designers in Finland *Illustrators in Finland *Visual Artists´Copyright Association Kuvasto MOVING IMAGES *Animation Clinic - Finnish Animation Association *The Association of Finnish Film Directors *The Association of Finnish Radio and TV Commentators *Association of Swedish speaking Actors in Finland *Finnish Association of Directors of Photography in Television *Finnish Society of Cinematographers *Finnish Union of Dance Artists *Freelance Media Workers' Association *Union of Finnish Actors *Union of Finnish Film and Video Employees *Union of Finnish Radio and TV Journalists *Union of Finnish Scenographers and Costume Designers *Union of Finnish Theatre Directors MISCELLANEOUS FIELDS *AKAVA, The Confederation of Unions of Academic Professionals in Finland *Forum Artis, The Joint Organization for Associations of Finnish Artists

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: Extended collective license

Licensing system:
Extended Collective Licence
Mandating rights holders :
Individual mandates from near 46 000 right holders.

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : All types of protected printed publications.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Education, course packs in colleges and universities, internal communication.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : education, schools and universities, church administration, state administration, municipal administration, business entreprises,associations, fee based education, religious communities, vocational adult education centers, study centers


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Kopiosto is a project partner in Elektra, originally a library pilot project which is testing the network delivery of Finnish scientific articles via controlled copyright system. Today the database contains 10000 articles from 48 scientific publications with over 5000 authors. A statistical survey of digital copying was completed. It was an internet questionnaire study to teachers asking for their needs in using different media, audiovisual material, books and newspapers. The objective was to specify new business ideas on the educational sector. The development of digital licenses is in process.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Elektra - document delivery from database.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : Kopiosto licenses retransmission of broadcasts and recording of domestic radio and television programmes and distributes revenues from blank tape levies.

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


AGREEMENTS
Bilateral agreements type A with : ACCESS (Canada); BONUS PRESSKOPIA (Sweden); CLA (UK);CEDRO (Spain); CCC (US); NLA (UK); VG Musikedition (Germany)
Bilateral agreements type B with : CADRA (Argentina); CFC (France); COPY-DAN (Denmark); CopyRus (Russia); Fjölís (Iceland); HARR (Hungary); HKRRLS (Hongkong); JAMCOPY (Jamaica); KOPINOR (Norway); KOPIPOL (Poland); Litterar-Mechana (Austria); MASA (Mauritius); Pro Litteris (Switzerland); TTRRO (Trinidad and Tobago); WG Wort (Germany);

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
€ 24,000,000.00
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
€ 14,510,000.00
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
€ 14,450,000.00
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
€ 60,000.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
€ 10,700,000.00
Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
€ 1,200,000.00
Total amount distributed from all licensing :
€ 11,900,000.00