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Agreements with foreign rightsholders' organisations are designed partly for the purpose of exchanging rights portfolios, and partly to regulate how the transfer of remuneration should take place. Kopinor currently has four types of agreements:
Reciprocal agreement, type A
Two reproduction rights organisations exchange rights portfolios, and agree on the payment of remuneration across national borders.
Reciprocal agreement, type B
Two reproduction rights organisations exchange rights portfolios, and agree that the remuneration will stay in the country of accrual. For example, remuneration claimed in Norway for Danish works is considered payment for the photocopying of Norwegian works in Denmark, and vice versa. In principle, this type of agreement also involves an exchange of remuneration.
Authorisation (Type C)
An authorisation regarding the transfer of the rights portfolio and the right to issue licenses and claim remuneration in the other country is granted by Kopinor to a foreign organisation. Such authorisations are based on the assumption that a reciprocal agreement will be signed later.
Agreement on the transfer of remuneration (Type D)
In certain countries, reproduction rights organisations (RROs) represent only some of the categories of works for which Kopinor is entitled to claim remuneration, or the RRO has a distribution system that does not accommodate collective remuneration. In such cases, Kopinor is amenable to signing an agreement for the transfer of collective remuneration directly to an authors' or publishers' organisation in the country in question. As a rule, this is done together with the corresponding Norwegian organisation.
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Type C and D agreements involve rights or funds being transferred from Norway to a foreign country. This is a result of extended collective licensing legislation which makes it possible for Kopinor to claim remuneration on behalf of rightsholders in the country in question pursuant to legislation and without authorisation.