Copyright exploitation organizations

This article is about organizations that can exploit copyright for you. So they take care to ensure that there is a remittance when people use your work. Those parties have different terms and conditions. Look carefully at those and determine what your legal position is. Then you can easily weigh the pros and cons for joining. Below we have indicated for a number of art forms how it works in terms of copyright exploitation.

Copyright and heritage

Suppose you are a heritage institution and you want to digitize a collection and thus reproduce it, it is important to find out whether it is protected by copyright. This also applies, of course, if you want to distribute it via the Internet, for example, and thus make it public. The knowledge institute for digital culture (DEN), has set up a working group on copyright and digital heritage. There you can find a lot of information about copyright management of collections.

Visual arts copyright organizations

If you are an illustrator, visual artist, graphic designer, photographer or architect you can turn to Pictoright. They distribute fees, exploit individual copyright and they are committed to protecting image creators in copyright matters.

Copyright organizations dance and theater

If you work in the industries related to dance and theater, there may be several copyright exploitation organization. We have listed some of them for you.

NORMA

If the performance is broadcast on television, or otherwise recorded, there is a possibility that you can receive compensation through the NORMA Foundation.

Lira

For writers and translators of plays, TV plays, series, films for TV and books, among others, you can turn to the Lira Foundation.

IBVA

This organization regulates copyright for amateur theater in the Netherlands. That means it takes care of collection and repartition. It does this for all kinds of translators, publishers, agents, writers and adapters both at home and abroad.

Copyright organizations music

For the music sector, there are also a number of organizations that can help. The best known is BUMA/STEMRA but below we have added a few more.

BUMA/STEMRA

This is a fairly well-known one in the music business. The organization arranges compensation on behalf of everyone who is a member. These can be lyricists, composers and publishers of music. They arrange things themselves in the Netherlands and through colleagues abroad.

Buma Junior

This is part of BUMA/STEMRA but specifically intended for artists up to age 26. There is a lot of focus on explaining copyright for this target group. You can click here for the website.

Sena

This organization regulates the rights of musicians and producers. Sena ensures that the creators (artists, session musicians, producers) receive compensation when their music is used. This is the "neighboring right.

NORMA

NORMA Foundation is the rights organization for performing artists such as musicians, actors and dancers. If your performance is broadcast on television then compensation may come through NORMA.

Copyright organizations film

There are also organizations for people involved in film that can collect monies and take the lead on copyright issues.

Vevam

If you join Vevam as a director of films or series, you can expect compensation through them when your work is broadcast on television, for example.

SEKAM

If your work will be used for film and television broadcasts abroad, please contact SEKAM.

PAM

PAM is a collaboration of Lira, VEVAM and NORMA. It provides a one-stop shop for everything related to the (online) use of audiovisual media. It can also manage the collective rights and distribute compensation to screenwriters, directors and actors.

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