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Norwegian rightsholders have established a system of collective distribution, meaning that Kopinor distributes the vast majority of the remuneration to the rightsholders' organisations on the basis of what is copied, following a key negotiated among the various organisations. It is subsequently up to the organisations to pass the remuneration on to the rightsholders.
It is absolutely essential to both rightsholders and photocopy users that Kopinor's system for distributing remuneration be straightforward and reliable. This means the photocopying agreements must maintain exceptionally high standards, and the same is true of the statistical basis established for the distribution of the remuneration.
On behalf of the rightsholders, Kopinor has signed photocopying agreements applying to the education sector, the Church of Norway, public administration and large parts of industrial and organisational life. The agreements grant users advance permission to photocopy Norwegian and foreign rightsholders' works within certain limits. It is believed that approximately 80 per cent of the photocopying of copyright-protected material done in Norway is covered by such agreements.
Read more about the copying agreements here
To facilitate the collection and distribution of the photocopying fees derived from a particular area of agreement among Kopinor's member organisations and rightsholders abroad, statistical surveys are conducted on the photocopying performed in a representative sample of the units in the area in question.
Read more about the statistical surveys here
Most of the statistical surveys conducted have supported the use of the following three categories for the distribution of remuneration:
The latest surveys have revealed the need for two additional distribution categories:
As a starting point for distribution negotiations among Kopinor's member organisations, cross-referenced tables are prepared to illustrate how the overall remuneration breaks down between the various categories of materials and sources.