Organisation

Fjölís was founded in August 1984 and the Articles of Association for Fjölís were confirmed by the Ministry of Culture and Education in December 1985. The organization was founded by the associations of fiction writers, composers, journalists and book publishers. The associations of non-fiction writers and visual artists joined later. Publishers of newspapers and journals are not members of Fjölís.

Year Financial

January 1 - December 31

Year Incorporated

1984

Year First Distribution

1985

Board Members Number

7

Author Reps Number

5

Remarks Board

Halldór Birgisson, Chairman (Icelandic Publishers’ Association) Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson, Vice-Chairman (Visual Art Copyright Association) Svanhildur Sverrisdóttir, (Association of Non-fiction Writers) Sindri Freysson (The Writers’ Union of Iceland) Hjálmar Jónsson (Union of Icelandic Journalists) Páll Ragnar Pálsson (The Performing Rights Society of Iceland) Gylfi Garðarsson (The Icelandic Music Publishers Association)

Member Associations Number

7

Pub Associations Number

2

Creators Associations Number

5

Remarks Members

Classes of rights holders served : Foreign and domestic owners of reproduction rights in literary, artistic and musical works. Approximate number: Approx. 6100.

Staff Number

1

National Legislation Type

Civil Law

Licensing System

Extended Collective Licence

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

Primary schools, secondary schools, universities and all other educational facilities supported by the state on a regular basis; music schools; private schools; central government administration, local government administration, choirs, state church of Iceland. Approximate number: 193 primary schools, 35 secondary schools, and 9 universities with a total of approximately 75000 students; approx. 8000 students/employees in music schools, approx. 12500 central government employees, approx. 13000 local government employees, approx. 50 choirs.

Reprographic Licences Types of Uses

Extended Collective Licensing

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

All categories of printed works, including sheet music

Digital Licences Types of Institutions

Education, government, choirs, the church.

Digital Licences Types of Uses

Reproduction by scanning stored on intranets, run by educational organizations, the church, choirs and the government, protected by passwords in applicable courses or operations.

Digital Licences Types of Works

Printed works

Admin Percentage

11

Administration Charge

Kr9

Amount Business

Kr0

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

Kr132,479,326

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

Kr130,190,187

Amount Collected PLR

Kr0

Amount Collected Total

Kr132,479,326

Amount Collecting Societies

Kr111,021,054

Amount Distributed Licensing

Kr111,783,853

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

Kr111,783,853

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders

Kr95,586,817

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

Kr95,586,817

Amount Distributed PLR

Kr0

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

Kr16,197,036

Amount Further Education

Kr0

Amount Government

Kr9,700,000

Amount Individual Artists

Kr0

Amount Levies Equipment

Kr0

Amount Other Sectors

Kr13,608,465

Amount Publishers Visual Creators Organisations

Kr0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

Kr0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

Kr2,289,139

Amount Schools

Kr111,460,000

Amount Visual Creators Organisations

Kr0

Amount Visual Works Publishers

Kr0

Author Publisher Split

differs between licenses

Bilateral Agreements Type A Number

6

Bilateral Agreements Type A With

CLA (UK), BONUS COPYRIGHT (Sweden), COPY-DAN (Denmark), CCC (USA), VG Musikedition (Germany), Kopinor (Norway)

Bilateral Agreements Type B Number

25

Bilateral Agreements Type B With

ABDR (Brazil), CADRA (Argentina), CAL (Australia), CANCOPY (Canada), REPRORECHT (Netherlands) CEDRO (Spain), CFC (France) , CLL (New Zealand), ACCESSCOPYRIGHT and COPIBEC (Canada), COPYRUS (Russia), DILIA (Czech Republic), FJÖLRIT (Faeroe Islands), GCA (Georgia), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), ICLA (Ireland), KOPIOSTO (Finland), KORRA (Korea), LITA (Slovak Republic), OSDEL (Greece), Pro Litteris (Switzerland) Reprobel (Belgium), VG WORT (Germany), Vietrro (Vietnam) Zimcopy (Zimbabwe)

Dist Method Non Title Specific Flag

Yes

New Developments Licensing

In October 2016,a new blanket license was signed with the ministry of culture and education, covering all uses within the school system as a whole in Iceland. That includes Kindergarten, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Universities, Music Schools and Continuing Education. At the same time, an agreeement with the Universities regarding digital copying and agreements with Music Schools was dismissed. New blanket licenses with the National Federations of choirs.

Publisher Reps Number

2

Publishers Percentage

differs between licenses

Remarks Financial

Fjölís only collects under the extended collective licensing and distributes non-title specific to member societies.

Text Authors Percentage

differs between licenses

Visual Material Authors Percentage

differs between licenses

Local Currency

ISK Iceland