Trinidad and Tobago Reprographic Rights Organisation

TTRRO, Trinidad and Tobago Reprographic Rights Organisation

Office #8 Lot 2C,
Chootoo Road,
El Socorro South
Trinidad and Tobago
Phone: 1 868 638-5662 ext. 31
Fax: (868) 674-0817
Email: info@ttrro.org.tt
web: ttrro.org.tt

Chief Executive:
Chief Executive : Eleanor W. Hoyte
Chief Executive Phone : 868 638-5662 ext 31 / 1 868 468-2262 Mob.
Chief Executive Email : ttrro@tstt.net.tt

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
President : Steve Maximay
E-Mail : smaximay@sbi-tt.com
Phone : (868) 678-8207
Vice President : Rico Charran
E-Mail : rico@charran.com
Phone : (868) 674-3924 ext. 22

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : The Trinidad and Tobago Reprographic Rights Organisation (TTRRO) was incorporated as a non-profit organisation on May 12, 2003. The members of TTRRO include publishers, authors, photographers, cartographers and composers (sheet music only).
Year of incorporation : 2003

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 4
How are Board Members elected : At the Annual General Meeting
Total number of Author Representatives :1
Total number of Publisher Representatives :1

Members:
Total Rights holders represented : 40
Remarks about the members : The 8 Publishers represent approximately 75% of the Publishers and together with 32 Authors form the membership of TTRRO. TTRRO is working with The Copyright Organization of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) to sign an Agreement with the 700 Lyricist members whom they represent, as musicians. TTRRO is continuing to broaden the base of members and affiliates of TTRRO. TTRRO has approached the Visual Artists Society of T&T to induct their members into TTRRO

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : No
Common law : Yes
Other Law: Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Act No. 8 of 1997 as amended by Acts Nos. 18 of 2000 and 5 of 2008 http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/Laws/Chs.%2081-84/82.80/82.80%20aos.htm

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing with legal back-up

LICENCES

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


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 1
Bilateral agreements type A with : CLA (Type AB - combination of Type A & B)
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 16
Bilateral agreements type B with : JAMCOPY; Access Copyright; CLASS; KOPIOSTO; REPRONIG; CAL; MASA; IRRO; HKRRLS; KOPIKEN; JAACC; KRTRA; CEDRO; FILCOLS; BCOPY; KOPITAN,
Other agreements with RROs : CCC (USA)has agreed to the signing of the Milestone BA with TTRRO and this will be accomplished shortly.

FINANCIAL DATA


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

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

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

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

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


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 8.6193 TTD