(Literar-Mechana) Literar-Mechana

Year Incorporated

1959

Year First Distribution

1998

Board Members Method

by the General Assembly

Board Members Number

8

Author Reps Number

4

Remarks Board

composition of the Board of Directors: one director and the supervisory board.

Remarks Members

23.191 authors, 437 publishers

Staff Number

22

National Legislation Type

Civil Law

Other Law

Statutory licence introduced by the 1996 Amendment to the copyright law which entered into force on 1st of April 1996

Licensing System

Non voluntary licence - legal licence

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

50 producers/importers of copymachines, faxmachines and scanner, 42 importers of printers 179 copyshops, 33 universities, 20 colleges of higher education; elementary Schools; vocational Schools

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

All categories of literary and scientific works

Other Areas Licensing

Right of mechanical reproduction, public reception of broadcasts, right of retransmission by cable, blank tape levy, schoolbook remuneration, public lendig right,

Other Licences PLR Flag

Yes

Admin Percentage

6,94 Percent from all licensing income

Administration Charge

€4

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

€13,603,539

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

€11,135,544

Amount Collected PLR

€467,177

Amount Collected Total

€46,260,716

Amount Distributed Licensing

€23,002,159

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

€8,808,381

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders

€14,919,205

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

€6,336,649

Amount Distributed PLR

€367,735

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

€2,471,732

Amount Further Education

€102,706

Amount Higher Education

€343,720

Amount Levies Equipment

€8,300,932

Amount Other Sectors

€33,592

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

€5,693,157

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

€2,467,995

Amount Schools

€384,122

Author Publisher Split

50:50

Bilateral Agreements Type A Number

11

Bilateral Agreements Type A With

CLA, CEDRO, CFC, ICLA, NLA, Pro Litteris, VG WORT; REPROBEL, CCC, Copyswede, SSA

Bilateral Agreements Type B Number

8

Bilateral Agreements Type B With

HARR, KOPINOR, KOPIOSTO, KOPIPOL, LIRA, LITA, DILIA, SAZOR, Copyright Polska, DHFR

Cultural Social Deductions Flag

Yes

Dist Method Both Specific Flag

Yes

Dist Method Full Reporting Flag

Yes

Dist Method Objective Availability Flag

Yes

Dist Method Sampling Flag

Yes

Dist Method Statistical Surveys Flag

Yes

New Developments Legislation

In 2015, by amendment of the Austrian Copyright Act (UrhG) the private copying levy was incorporated into law. Further, certain digital uses are permitted now like digital reproduction for the own use in schools, educational and scientific institutions. In spring 2017 the Austrian Supreme Court ruled that Amazon shall pay the private copying levy to Austrian Copyright Collecting Societies. Accordingly, the Austrian Supreme Court confirmed the current system of the private copying levy and reaffirmed the existing laws.

Publisher Reps Number

4

Remarks Financial

The toal amount collected includes, in line with and comparable to previous years, an amount collected for and remitted to other national CMOs (2021: EUR 20.2 mn). Both the total amount distributed from reproduction licensing and the total amount distributed to national rightsholders from production licensing in 2021 comprise, different from previous years, repography and PLR (previous years: repography only). The total amount distributed to foreign RROs in 2021 comprise, different from previous years, repography and PLR (previous years: repography, PLR, and others).

Remarks Staff

3 of them working fulltime in the reprography section.

Local Currency

Euro