JAMCOPY, Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency
17 Ruthven Road,
Building 1
Kingston 10
Jamaica
Phone
+1-876-754 8910
Fax
+1-876-920 9444
E-Mail
Website
www.jamcopy.com
Chief Executive Name
Carol A. Newman
Chief Executive Title
General Manager
Chief Executive Phone
+1-876-906-1279
Chief Executive Email
History of the organisation
The Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, JAMCOPY, was established in 1998 and became a member of IFRRO that same year. JAMCOPY received official recognition from the Government of Jamaica in 1999 as the national RRO.
JAMCOPY was established by Jamaican authors and publishers to manage copyright in text and image-based works and facilitate convenient and easy access to copyright content by way of licensing solutions. JAMCOPY also promotes respect for copyright through copyright education and supports the creative industries through its various alliances and programmes.
JAMCOPY was established by Jamaican authors and publishers to manage copyright in text and image-based works and facilitate convenient and easy access to copyright content by way of licensing solutions. JAMCOPY also promotes respect for copyright through copyright education and supports the creative industries through its various alliances and programmes.
Year of incorporation
1998
Year of first distribution
2005
Year of first collection
2001
Total number of Board Members
13
How are Board Members elected
Nominations by Member Organisations and by direct appointment
Total number of Publisher Representatives
2
Remarks about the Board
Five (5) representatives are nominated to the Board by rights holder Member Organisations. Three (3) members of the board are by direct appointment based on their competencies and area of expertise. One user representative is nominated by an User Association. The tenth (10th) member of the Board is the Executive Director /Copyright and Related Rights Manager of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office and is nominated by the Government of Jamaica.
Total Number of Member Associations
5
Total Publishers' Associations
2
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations
3
Total Rights holders represented
841
Remarks about the members
In addition to 2 Publishers' Association and 4 Creators' Associations, we also include 2 User Associations as a part of our membership.
Staff total number
8
Remarks about staff
General Manager, Manager - Licensing & Member Services, Assistant General Manager (Legal & Operations), Accountant, Bibliographic Services Administrator, Communications Assistant, Office Manager, Office Attendant.
DATES OF FINANCIAL YEAR
May 1 - April 30
Type of National legislation
Common Law
Licensing system
Voluntary Licencing schemes, with potential back-up in Copyright Laws
Mandating Rights Holders
A total of 841 rights holders (publishers, writers, visual artists and music composers) as at March 2021.
REPROGRAPHIC LICENCES - Types of works licensed
All categories of printed works, including newspapers
Types of uses licensed
Reprographic and digital uses including course packs
Types of institutions/sectors licensed
Government and tertiary education sectors
DIGITAL LICENCES - Types of works licensed
All categories of printed works, including newspapers
Types of uses licensed
Conversion, reproduction onto paper and in digital form, distribution of paper copies and of digitised works on secure network, storage
Types of institutions/sectors licensed
Tertiary Education
OTHER LICENCES - Public Lending Rights
off
Distribution methods
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution
Cultural deductions as a percentage
Not exceeding 2% of licence fees
New developments / legislation
The Jamaica Copyright Act 1993 was amended in July 2015. In addition to being WCT & WPPT compliant, the amended Act increased the term of copyright protection to 95 years and also introduced measures for the regulation of CMOs. The draft legislation for the regulation of CMOs also includes provisions for the introduction of an Extended Copyright Licensing system.
New developments / licensing
Through a regional Caribbean initiative, regional licensing is being pursued on behalf of all the Caribbean RROS, starting with the regional licensing of The University of the West Indies (UWI), the regional university with 3 landed campuses (in 3 Caribbean countries) and an Open Campus.
Number of Bilateral agreements type A
3
Bilateral agreements type A with
CCC, CLA, KOPINOR
Number of Bilateral agreements type B
36
Bilateral agreements type B with
ABDR, ACCESS COPYRIGHT, COSOMA, BCOPY, CADRA, CAL, CDR, CEDRO, CEMPRO, CLASS, CLL, COPIBEC, COPYRO, COPYRUS, DALRO, FJOLIS, HKRRLS, IRRO, JAACC, KOPIKEN, KOPIOSTO, KOPJAMALT, ECCLA (for 6 OECS Member States), OSDEL, ProLitteris, REPROBEL, REPRONIG, TTRRO, ZIMCOPY, BECLA, COPYGHANA, KORRA, LITA, MATA-MRMS, ZARRSO,
Total amount collected for all licensing
69 548 482.00
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing
73 363 218.00
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing
68 028 315.00
Amount for schools
0.00
Amount for further education
63 946 620.00
Amount for government
4 751 760.00
Amount for business
0.00
Amount for other sector(s)
0.00
Levies on equipment and other mediums
0.00
Total amount collected for PLR
0.00
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide
481 974.00
Total amount received for reproduction licensing from other RROs world-wide
481 974.00
Total amount distributed from all licensing
20 916 914.00
Total amount distributed from reproduction licensing
20 916 914.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders
15 873 146.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders from reproduction licensing
15 873 146.00
to publishers and visual creator organisations
0.00
to visual creators organisations
0.00
to collecting societies only
0.00
Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs
697 500.00
Total amount distributed from PLR
0.00
Administration Charge (actual figure)
25 928 340.00
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