(ICLA) The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency

Organisation

ICLA was established in 1992 as a joint venture by the Irish Writers' Union and the Irish Book Publishers' Association CLÉ. Educational licensing commenced in 1993 and was extended to Higher Education in 2003. Business licensing commenced in 2000.

Year Incorporated

1992

Year First Distribution

1995

Board Members Method

3 Publisher and 3 Author and one independent chair elected at General Assembly

Board Members Number

7

Author Reps Number

3

Remarks Members

Authors and Publishers. Authority is received from authors through the Irish Writers’ Union and the Irish Screenwriters & Playwrights Guild and through individual mandates since 2002. Authority is received by individual mandate from publishers. Over 640 book and periodical publishers have signed mandates which represents the majority of publishers in Ireland.

Staff Number

5

National Legislation Type

Common Law

Other Law

Licensing for the educational sector has statutory support under Sections 57 and 173 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (as amended) and Statutory Instruments 275, 276, 277 and 278 of 2020

Licensing System

Voluntary Licencing schemes, without any form of back-up in Copyright Laws

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

Educational Sector: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Business users and Copyshops.

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

Literary, STM, Journals and Magazines

Digital Licences Types of Uses

Course packs and virtual learning environments for higher education, closed access intranet for business users.

Digital Licences Types of Works

Literary, STM, Journals and Magazines.

Admin Percentage

19%

Administration Charge

€318,612

Amount Business

€175,997

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

€1,703,058

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

€1,335,850

Amount Collected PLR

€140,006

Amount Collected Total

€1,843,064

Amount Collecting Societies

€126,781

Amount Distributed Licensing

€1,571,016

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

€1,430,502

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders

€1,048,144

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

€908,138

Amount Distributed PLR

€140,006

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

€522,872

Amount Further Education

€0

Amount Government

€0

Amount Higher Education

€794,890

Amount Levies Equipment

€0

Amount Publishers Visual Creators Organisations

€0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

€367,208

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

€367,208

Amount Schools

€362,289

Amount Visual Creators Organisations

€57,047

Amount Visual Works Publishers

€0

Author Publisher Split

50:50

Bilateral Agreements Type A Number

21

Bilateral Agreements Type A With

ACCESS COPYRIGHT, AIDRO, CADRA, CAL, CCC, CEDRO, CFC, CLA, CLASS, CLNZ, COLCIA, COPIBEC, COPY-DAN, DALRO, HKRRLS, JAC, JAMCOPY, KOPINOR, Literar-Mechana, Reprobel, SR.

Bilateral Agreements Type B Number

4

Bilateral Agreements Type B With

Fjölís, Pro Litteris, VG Wort, OSDEL.

Dist Method Sampling Flag

Yes

Dist Method Title Specific Flag

Yes

New Developments Legislation

The legislation support educational licensing was changed in December 2019 and new licences for this sector approved in September 2020.

Publisher Reps Number

3

Publishers Percentage

50

Remarks Admin

Administrative costs are capped by the board at 20% of income with an annual target of no more than 20%.

Text Authors Percentage

50

Visual Material Authors Percentage

4%

Local Currency

Euro