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COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS, 2010
(d) other materials which the Minister may exempt by legisla
tive instrument.
Fee on reprographic reproduction
18. (1) A reprographic rights collecting society shall determine a fee
in respect of photocopying of works protected by copyright and related
rights by educational institutions and any other outlets where reprography
is carried out commercially.
(2) In furtherance of subregulation (1), the reprographic rights
collecting society shall collect the fee on behalf of stakeholders and benefi
ciaries.
(3) Where there is a dispute over a fee imposed on photocopying
of copyright works by a collecting society, the Tribunal shall levy a flat
rate fee as the Tribunal considers fit.
Distribution oflevies paid
19. (1) The Minister shall distribute the levies collected in furtherance
ofregulation 14 as follows:
(a) ten percent for cultural activities to be collectively adminis
tered by the collective administration societies;
(b) ten percent for the administrative purposes of collective
societies;
(c) four percent to the Customs Excise and Preventive Service, and
(d) six percent to the Copyright Office.
(2) The Minister shall distribute the remaining seventy percent
equally among the various rights groups to be shared as follows:
(a) for holders of audio works rights,
(i) twenty-eight percent to composers or publishers;
(ii) twenty-one percent to producers; and
(iii) twenty-one percent to performers;
(b) for holders of audiovisual works rights;
(i) thirty-five percent to producers;
(ii) twenty-one percent to performers, and
(iii) fourteen percent to authors of audio visual works,
(e) for holders of literary works rights,
(i) forty-two percent to authors including visual authors,
and
(ii) twenty-eight percent to publishers.