(GCA) Georgian Copyright Association

Organisation

History of the organisation: “Georgian Copyright Association” has been created and functioning on the basis of “Georgian Law on Copyright and Related Rights”. The Association was established in 1999 as a legal successor of the “Georgian Authors and Performers Association” (GESAP) and “Georgian Authors Society” (SAS), which renewed its registration in the year 2006 and 2011 respectively. The Association has been granted the special status of the collective management organization by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, and is the only organization in the country with this status. The Association is a non-profit (non commercial) legal union, created to implement and protect the rights of its member authors and performers, or their successors. At the Georgian territory, our Association represents and protects the rights of millions of right holders registered in more than 150 countries and territories throughout the world.

Year Financial

January 1 - December 31, 2020

Year Incorporated

1999

Year First Distribution

1999

Board Members Method

By the General Assembly

Board Members Number

5

Author Reps Number

1

Remarks Board

Total number of Board Members: 5. How are Board Members elected: By the General Assembly. Board consists of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Board Members. Apart from board, General Assembly elects Consultative Council of Authors and Performers. The Consultative Council consists of 11 members including 1 or several representatives from each field of creativity (author of: musical work - 3, Literary and Scientific work - 1, Cinematographic work - 1, Dramatic work - 1, Visual arts’ work - 1, Performer 2, Broadcasting organization and Phonogram/Videogram producer - 1). The Chairman of the Board is the Secretary General of the Council. Members

Creators Associations Number

493

Rights Holders Number

1918

Remarks Members

355 out of total are creators of literature works.

Staff Number

25

National Legislation Type

Civil Law

Licensing System

Extended Collective Licence

Mandating Rights Holders

Member authors and Non members, as far as GCA is entitled to grant the licences on behalf of non members as well if they do not have the direct agreement with the user.

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

Educational Institutions

Reprographic Licences Types of Uses

Already have licensed for Photocopying via copy machines. GCA is in a process of extending the reprography right licensing in widen scale. GCA also starts to license schools for Public Lending Right.

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

All types of works

Digital Licences Types of Uses

Reproduction of works stored in digital form

Digital Licences Types of Works

All types of works

Admin Percentage

10%

Administration Charge

ლ355

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

ლ54,896

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

ლ54,896

Amount Collected PLR

ლ41,915

Amount Collected Total

ლ3,839,073

Amount Distributed Licensing

ლ1,745,617

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

ლ46,522

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders

ლ1,171,726

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

ლ46,522

Amount Distributed PLR

ლ35,522

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

ლ0

Amount Levies Equipment

ლ0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

ლ0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

ლ0

Amount Schools

ლ0

Dist Method Other

N/A

Dist Method Sampling Flag

Yes

Dist Method Title Specific Flag

Yes

New Developments Other

From 2021 GCA will start administering Private Copying, but only for music and audiovisual sector. Unfortunately, text and image sector is excluded from the law so far.

Publishers Percentage

35

Text Authors Percentage

50

Visual Material Authors Percentage

15%

Local Currency

Georgian lari