Culturescope.ca - Canadian Private Copyright Collective (CPCC)

An important notice to Culturescope.ca users:

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"Responsibility for distributing private copying royalties rests with CPCC, the body that also collects the royalties. This is a role assigned to CPCC by the Copyright Board. The Copyright Board also designates the proportion of total royalties that forms the basis of distributions amongst each of the three basic groups eligible to receive payments: songwriters and publishers, recording artists, and record companies. Like the assignment of responsibility for distribution, these allocations are set down in the private copying tariffs .* From there, CPCC must divide the funds amongst individual copyright holders. Conservatively, one song will trigger as many as 12 payments. Although it has taken similar but bigger organizations in other countries far longer to effect their first distributions, CPCC began making payments early in 2003. In January, CPCC carried out the first of a series of payments being made from the over $28 million in private copying royalties available for distribution from 2000 and 2001. 2003 will also see payment from the additional $26 million available from 2002. CPCC has devised a process that will permit these funds to be distributed fairly amongst tens of thousands of copyright holders. A non-profit corporation run by copyright holders, CPCC withholds only those funds necessary to defray its costs of administration."


Language	English
Street	150 Eglinton Avenue East Suite 403
City	Toronto
Province/State	Ontario
Postal/Zip Code	m4p 1e8
Country	Canada
Phone	416-486-6832
Fax	416-486-6832
E-Mail	inquiries@cpcc.ca
Web site (URL)	http://www.cpcc.ca/