Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies

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The Controller has certain statutory functions under the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (No. 28 of 2000). These functions are concerned with the registration of copyright licensing bodies, references and applications relating to licensing schemes operated by licensing bodies and the resolution of disputes regarding the payment of royalty amounts arising in the area of public performance of sound recordings.
Any body operating as a licensing body within the meaning specified in Section 38 or 149 of the Act is obliged to register as a licensing body in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17 of the Act, and to remain registered for so long as it continues to operate in this capacity.
In accordance with Section 175 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 and the Copyright and Related Rights (Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies) Regulations, 2002 (S.I. No. 463 of 2002) the Controller maintains a Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies.   The Controller has, to date, registered the following bodies in the Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies.

Name and Address 

of Body

Details of Current Register                                         
Newspaper Licensing Agency Wellington Gate                Tunbridge Wells                                              Kent, TN1 NL                                         United Kingdom

Period of Registration

  • 04 July 2011 to 03 July 2012

Current Register

Irish Visual Artists Rights    Organisation                                            37 North Great Georges St                     Dublin 1 

Period of Registration

  • 30 Sept 2011 - 29 Sept 2012
Current Register
Assoc for the International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works         26 rue de St-Jean                                      CH-1203                                           Geneva                         Switzerland                           

Period of Registration

  • 25 August 2011 to 24 August 2012

Current Register

 
Phonographic Performance (Irl) Ltd                                                           PPI House                                                    1 Corrig Avenue                                       Dun Laoghaire                                           Co. Dublin

Period of Registration

  • 30 Sept 2011 to 29 Sept 2012

Current Register

The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society Ltd                                  Marlborough Court                                     14-18 Holborn                                      London EC1N 2LE

Period of Registration

  • 2 October 2011 to 14 October 2012

Current Register

 
The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd                                                            25 Denville Lane                                     Dublin 2

Period of Registration

 
  • 15 October 2011 to 14 October 2012

Current Register

Irish Music Rights Organisation               Copyright House                              Pembroke Row                                      Lower Baggot Street                               Dublin 2

Period of Registration

  • 23 October 2011 to 22 October 2012

Current Register

Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (Irl) Ltd                                         Copyright House                               Pembroke Row                                     Baggot Street                                        Dublin 2 

Period of Registration

  • 16 January 2011 to 15 January 2012

Current Register

Newspaper Licensing Irl Ltd                                                        Clyde Lodge                                               15 Clyde Road         Ballsbridge                                             Dublin 4

Period of Registration

  • 14 February 2011 to 13 February 2012

Current Register

 
The Screen Directors Collecting Society of Ireland                                           Curved Street South                            Temple Bar                                           Dublin 2

Period of Registration

  • 28 March 2010 to 27 March 2011

Current Register

Motion Picture Licensing Co. Int. Ltd                                                Cahercalla Road                         Ennis                                                        Co. Clare

Period of Registration

 
  • 6 October 2011 to 5 October 2012

Current Register

 
Christian Copyright Licensing International Limited                               Chantry House                                   Upperton Road                                 Eastbourne East                                         Sussex BN21 1BF                                  United Kingdom 

Period of Registration

  • 12 June 2011 to 11 June 2012

Current Register

 
Ingenta UK Limited                                 23-28 Hythe Bridge Street                     Oxford OX1 2ET                                    United Kingdom  Certificate of Registration expired on 31 August 2005

In accordance with Section 280 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 and the Copyright and Related Rights (Register of Licensing Bodies for Performers' Property Rights) Regulations, 2008SI 306 of 2008 SI 306 of 2008 copyright.pdf (0.10 MB, Adobe PDF)  the Controller maintains a Register of Licensing Bodies for Performers' Property Rights.   The Controller has, to date, registered the following bodies in that Register.

Title Title

Name and Address

of Body                                     

Details of Current Register                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Recorded Artists Actors Performers Limited     Temple Grove House
Temple Road
Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Period of Registration

  • 22 August 2011 to 21 August 2012

Current Register

   


The Registers of Copyright Licensing Bodies are paper based and are retained at the Patents Office in Kilkenny and may be inspected during opening hours of 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday - Friday at a fee of €5.00.

The Controller on receipt of a request and the prescribed fee of €0.30 per page will issue an uncertified reprographic copy of any entry in the Register.  On receipt of a request and on payment of a fee of €10 in addition of the €0.30 per page to be copied, the Controller will supply a reprographic copy of any entry in the Register, or any part of such an entry, certified by him to be a true copy of the original.