YH
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
CAMEROON
Part IV
Remuneration for Private Copying
Chapter I
Remuneration for Private Copying of
Commercial Phonograms and Videograms
69. The authors and performers of works and recordings fixed on phonograms or
videograms as well as producers of these phonograms or videograms shall be entitled to
remuneration in respect of reproductions for strictly personal and private use.
70.—(1) The remuneration provided for in Section 69 shall be paid by the manufacturer
or importer of recording media employed for the reproduction for private use of works or
recordings fixed on phonograms or videograms upon the circulation of such recording in
Cameroon.
(2) The amount of the remuneration shall be fixed according to the type of medium and
the length of recording possible.
71.—(1) The types of medium as well as the amount of the remuneration and the
conditions of payment shall be determined by regulation.
(2) The remuneration provided for in this chapter shall be collected on behalf of the
legal representatives by the competent collective management body.
(3) Remuneration for private copying of phonograms or videograms shall be shared
equally by the authors, the performers, the producers and the cultural policy support fund
provided for in Section 5(4) above.
Chapter II
Remuneration for Private Copying of Printed Works
72. The authors and publishers of printed works shall be entitled to remuneration in
respect of the reproduction for strictly personal and private use.
73. The remuneration provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the manufacturer or
the importer of machines and used for the reproduction for private use of a printed work,
when such machines are put in circulation in Cameroon.
74.—(1) The types of machines subject to a fee and the amount of such fee, as well as
the conditions of payment shall be determined by regulation.
(2) The fee provided for in this chapter shall be collected on behalf of the legal
representatives by the competent collective management body.
(3) Proceeds from private copying of printed works shall be shared equally among the
authors, the publishers and the cultural policy support fund provided for in Section 5(4)
above.
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Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011
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