Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction

COPIBEC, Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction

606 Cathcart Street
Suite 810
Montréal (Québec)
H3B 1K9
Canada
Phone: +1 514 288-1664
Fax: +1 514 288-1669
Email: info@copibec.qc.ca
web: http://www.copibec.qc.ca

Chief Executive:
Executive Director : Hélène Messier
Chief Executive Phone : 1 514 288-1664
Chief Executive Email : h.messier@copibec.qc.ca

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : * All the rights and obligations of the licenses and agreements contracted by UNEQ have been transferred and assigned to COPIBEC as of April 1st, 1998. COPIBEC has replaced UNEQ as the operating RRO in Québec
Year of incorporation : 1997
Year of first collection : 1984 *
Year of first distribution : 1985

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 10
How are Board Members elected : by Copibec members during the AGM
Total number of Author Representatives :5
Total number of Publisher Representatives :5

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 8
Total Publishers' Associations :4
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:4
Remarks about the members : Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois, Association nationale des éditeurs de livres. Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec, Les Quotidiens du Québec, Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec, Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels. Les Hebdos du Québec Individual rights holders served: 14 000 Québec authors 900 Québec publishers

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : Yes
Other Law: In Quebec, we operate under both types of law

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

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Published works including books, periodicals, journals, newspapers, artistic works and non published plays.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): Reprography including press clipping, coursepacks and document delivery
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Schools, colleges, universities, federal and provincial governments,associations, businesses.


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: Literary, artistic and dramatic works
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): Scanning, posting and storing in a secured network, distributing press panoramas, emailing Transactional licences for any other uses
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : All sectors

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No
Other areas of licensing : Reprint rights

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 : No
Objective availability : Yes
Possibility to be copied : No


AGREEMENTS
Bilateral agreements type A with : AIDRO (Italy), ACCESS COPYRIGHT(Canada), CAL (Australia), CCC (USA), CEDRO (Spain), CFC (France), CLA (UK), CLASS (Singapore), CLL (New Zealand), DALRO (South Africa), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), ICLA (Ireland), JAACC (Japan), KOPINOR (Norway), Pro Litteris (Switzerland), REPROBEL (Belgium), SIAE (Italy), SR (Netherlands)
Bilateral agreements type B with : ABDR (Brazil), CADRA (Argentina), CeMPro (Mexico), COPYDAN (Denmark), Fjölís (Iceland), Jamcopy (Jamaica), MASA (Republic of Mauritius, OSDEL (Greece), VG Wort (Germany)

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
CAD 15,387,482.00 (+/- EUR 11,549,562.41)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
CAD 15,387,482.00 (+/- EUR 11,549,562.41)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
CAD 14,712,561.00 (+/- EUR 11,042,979.06)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
CAD 674,921.00 (+/- EUR 506,583.35)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
CAD 5,619,048.00 (+/- EUR 4,217,554.60)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
CAD 5,168,938.00 (+/- EUR 3,879,710.28)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
CAD 10,787,986.00 (+/- EUR 8,097,264.88)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 1.3323 CAD