(VG WORT) Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT

Year Financial

January 1 - December 31

Year Incorporated

1958

Year First Distribution

1966

Board Members Method

by members

Board Members Number

21

Author Reps Number

14

Remarks Board

The figures given above are for the Supervisory Board (Verwaltungsrat). VG WORT also has a Management Board (Vorstand) with 5 members.

Rights Holders Number

827367

Remarks Members

In 2020, 1.148 members were registered. VG WORT represents 294.718 authors with a full contract of representation and 9.168 publishers.

Staff Number

84

National Legislation Type

Civil Law

Licensing System

Non voluntary licence - legal licence

Mandating Rights Holders

authors and publishers

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

Educational institutions, research institutions, public libraries, copy-shops (operator levy); companies and organisations; libraries (document delivery)

Reprographic Licences Types of Uses

private and personal use, educational and research use, document delivery, press Digests. digital use by companies and organisations for internal purposes

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

Scientific and literary works

Digital Licences Types of Uses

a) retrodigitization by libraries (distribution of scientific articles to closed user circle) b) off-line digitisation and use of older material c) on-line digitisation and use of older material d) LAN (intranet) digitisation and use of material not published in digital form. e) electronic press digests (in conjunction with Presse Monitor Germany (PMG) f) intranet use by schools g) making available via electronic terminals in public libraries, museums and archives h) electronic document delivery i) digitisation and making available of out of commerce works j) distribution to visually handicapped persons k) digital use within companies and organisations for internal purposes

Digital Licences Types of Works

Scientific and literary works

Other Licences PLR Flag

Yes

Other Licensing System

voluntary licensing

Administration Charge

€10,900,000

Amount Business

€1,464,854

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

€115,912,889

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

€111,932,473

Amount Collected PLR

€9,761,011

Amount Collected Total

€209,937,881

Amount Collecting Societies

€0

Amount Distributed Licensing

€123,666,040

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

€92,787,281

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders

€117,080,526

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

€88,533,301

Amount Distributed PLR

€13,145,031

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

€4,253,980

Amount Further Education

€424,215

Amount Government

€585,628

Amount Higher Education

€2,535,553

Amount Individual Artists

€0

Amount Levies Equipment

€85,961,086

Amount Other Sectors

€7,976,027

Amount Publishers Visual Creators Organisations

€0

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

€17,326,480

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

€3,980,415

Amount Schools

€3,224,100

Amount Visual Creators Organisations

€0

Amount Visual Works Publishers

€0

Author Publisher Split

varies according to sector

Bilateral Agreements Type A Number

17

Bilateral Agreements Type A With

Access Copyright (Canada), AIDRO (now EDISER) (Italy),Bonus Presskopia (Sweden),CCC (USA), CEDRO (Spain),CFC (France), CLA (UK), COPY-DAN (Denmark), IPRO (Netherlands), KOPINOR (Norway), KOPIOSTO (Finland), Literar-Mechana (Austria), Pro Litteris (Switzerland),NLA (UK), REPROBEL (Belgium), SIAE (Italy), Stichting Reprorecht (Netherlands)

Bilateral Agreements Type B Number

20

Bilateral Agreements Type B With

ABDR (Brazil), CADRA (Argentina), CAL (Australia), CASH (Singapore), CeMPro (Mexico), CLL (New Zealand), COPIBEC (Canada), DALRO (South Africa), Fjölís (Iceland), HARR (Hungary), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), KORRA (Korea), ICLA (Ireland), JAACC (Japan), KOPIPOL (Poland),LITA (Slovakia), LUXORR (Luxembourg),MASA (Mauritius),OSDEL (Greece), Stichting Reprorecht (Netherlands)

Cultural Deductions Percentage

vary according to sector

Cultural Social Deductions Percentage

vary according to sector

Dist Method Both Specific Flag

Yes

Dist Method Full Reporting Flag

Yes

Dist Method Objective Availability Flag

Yes

Dist Method Other

Methods vary from sector to sector.

Dist Method Possibility Copied Flag

Yes

Dist Method Sampling Flag

Yes

Dist Method Statistical Surveys Flag

Yes

New Developments & Court Cases

The Federal Court of Justice ruled in favour of VG WORT against a national PC manufacturing company in 2020, the case dealt with the legal situation before 2008. An ongoing case in front of the Munich Regional Court filed by a scientific author in 2019 challenges the participation of editors in the distribution of VG WORT, the claim is directed against cultural aids by the “Förderungsfonds Wissenschaft” of VG WORT as well.

New Developments Legislation

The transposition of the European Directives into German Law was broadly discussed in 2020. The Law was passed on May 20, 2021 by the German Parliament implementing both the DSM Directive and the Online SatCab Directive and will be effective by June 7, 2021. Most importantly for VG WORT, the entitlement for publishers to a share of the compensation for exceptions and limitations is set as an explicit right in the law. The new legislation also contains rules on the copyright liability of service providers for sharing online content (Copyright Service Provider Act - UrhDaG-E) - Article 17 of the DSM Directive - and introduces extended collective licencing, i.a. for the licensing of out of commerce works by cultural heritage institutions.

New Developments Licensing

For Intranet uses in schools from March 2018 onwards, VG WORT was able to conclude a new agreement with the German Länder. The agreement covers a step by step increasing remuneration covering uses of all types of works in a bundle agreement and will be effective until July 2023.

New Developments Surveys

Due to the pandemic situation in 2020, several surveys and statistics had to be postponed for post pandemic times.

Publisher Reps Number

7

Remarks Admin

Vary from year to year.

Remarks Cultural Social Deductions

vary from year to year and sector to sector

Remarks Financial

Figures for distributions for reproduction licensing exclude distributions for the copying of fiction, which are made with public lending right distributions."Amount for schools" includes both operator levy and intranet use. It excludes the share of sch

Remarks Staff

This includes 49 full-time staff and 35 part-time employees.

Social Deductions Percentage

vary according to sector

Local Currency

Euro