Literar-Mechana

Literar-Mechana

Linke Wienzeile 18
Wien
A-1060
Austria
Phone: +43 1 587 21 61
Email: office@literar.at
web: http://www.literar.at

Chief Executive:
Dr : Sandra Csillag
Chief Executive Email : csillag@literar.at

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Year of incorporation : 1959
Year of first collection : 1996
Year of first distribution : 1998

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 8
How are Board Members elected : by the General Assembly
Total number of Author Representatives :4
Total number of Publisher Representatives :4
Remarks about the Board : composition of the Board of Directors: one director and the supervisory board.

Members:
Remarks about the members : 14055 authors, 278 publishers

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No
Other Law: Statutory licence introduced by the 1996 Amendment to the copyright law which entered into force on 1st of April 1996

Licensing system:
Non voluntary licence - legal licence

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : All categories of literary and scientific works
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : 53 producers/importers of copymachines, faxmachines and scanner, 56 importers of printers 298 copyshops, 18 universities, 17 colleges of higher education


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: According to Austrian law electronic storage is permitted by law only for private use without any direct or indirect commercial purpose.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : Right of mechanical reproduction, public reception of broadcasts, right of retransmission by cable, blank tape levy.

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


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 9
Bilateral agreements type A with : CLA, CEDRO, CFC, ICLA, NLA, Pro Litteris, VG WORT; REPROBEL, CCC
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 7
Bilateral agreements type B with : HARR, KOPINOR, KOPIOSTO, KOPIPOL, LIRA, LITA, DILIA

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
€ 24,300,000.00
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
€ 11,080,000.00
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
€ 8,400,000.00
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
€ 3,400,000.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
€ 16,116,000.00
Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
€ 3,260,000.00
Total amount distributed from all licensing :
€ 19,420,000.00