ProLitteris

ProLitteris

Universitätstr. 100
Postfach
Zürich
CH-8033
Switzerland
Phone: +41 43 300 66 15
Fax: +41 43 300 66 68
Email: mail@prolitteris.ch
web: http://www.prolitteris.ch

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
: Franziska Eberhard
E-Mail : franziska.eberhard@prolitteris.ch
: Andrea Voser
E-Mail : andrea.voser@prolitteris.ch

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Year of incorporation : 1974
Year of first collection : 1974
Year of first distribution : 1974

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 12
How are Board Members elected : By the AGM
Total number of Author Representatives :7
Total number of Publisher Representatives :5

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 10116
Remarks about the members : 9318 Swiss authors,visual artists 798 Swiss publishers

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Legal Licence
Other licensing system : Voluntary collective licensing concerning reproductions rights for visual art and broadcasting rights
Mandating rights holders :
Mandate from all members

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : All types of works
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Photocopying of excerpts of works for internal information and documentation
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Commercial and industrial companies, government, schools, universities, libraries, copyshops


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: All types of works
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Digital reproduction of excerpts of works for internal information and documentation
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Commercial and industrial companies, government, schools, universities, libraries

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : Licensing reproduction rights of visual art. Licensing broadcasting rights of literary works.

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 : Yes
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Bilateral agreements type A with : CCC (USA), CFC (France), CLA (UK), VG WORT (Germany), Literar-Mechana (Austria); CLL (New Zealand); Cedro (Spain); Copibec (Canada); CAL (Australia); Luxorr, (Luxembourg); SIAE (Italy); AIDRO (Italy); Reprobel (Belgien); SACEM/SDRM (France); JAACC (Japan); Access Copyright (Canada); NLA (United Kingdom)
Bilateral agreements type B with : COPY-DAN (Denmark); KUVASTO (Finland); ALCS, (UK); LIRA (Netherlands); Fjölís (Iceland); ICLA (Ireland); AKAA-LAA (Latvia); LATGA-A (Lithuania); KOPINOR, BONO (Norway); VBK (Austria); Kopipol (Poland); BUS (Sweden); DALRO (South Africa); Hungart (Hungary); EAÜ (Estonia): HKRRLS (Hongkong); Osdel (Greece); LITA (Slowak Republic); CLASS (Singapur); Stichting Reprorecht (Netherlands); KOPIOSTO (Finland)
Other agreements with RROs : 30 A-type agreements with visual arts societies

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
CHF 34,850,309.32 (+/- EUR 27,915,979.91)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
CHF 19,214,201.34 (+/- EUR 15,391,061.63)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
CHF 14,868,198.30 (+/- EUR 11,909,803.19)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
CHF 5,950,627.36 (+/- EUR 4,766,603.14)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
CHF 22,588,207.35 (+/- EUR 18,093,725.85)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
CHF 2,360,075.77 (+/- EUR 1,890,480.43)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
CHF 24,948,283.12 (+/- EUR 19,984,206.28)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 1.2484 CHF