collecting society definition

collecting society means an organisation which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiating for the collection and distribution of royalties and the granting of licenses in respect of copyright works or performer’s rights; and
collecting society means a collecting society established under the Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978);
collecting society means a non-profit company contemplated in the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008)—

Examples of collecting society in a sentence

  • However, where the application of certain copyright exceptions is contingent on the payment of a royalty, a Collecting Society may be designated as the organisation collecting that payment.

  • If more than one Collecting Society is available, Rightholders shall be free to select a Collecting Society of their own choosing.


More Definitions of collecting society

collecting society means a collecting society established under this Act;
collecting society means any organization which manages or administers copyright or neighbouring rights as its sole purpose or as one of its main purposes as regulated by the provisions of this Act;
collecting society means an association, partnership or body corporate whose principal purpose, or one of whose principal purposes, is the representation of copyright owners in the negotiation and administration of collective copyright agreements;
collecting society means a collecting society established under this Act; [Definition of 'collecting society' inserted by s. 1 (a) of Act 9 of 2002.]
collecting society means an association of copyright owners which has as its principal objectives the negotiating and granting of licenses, collecting and distributing of royalties in respect of copyright works;
collecting society means a society or organisation which has any or all the following main objects
collecting society means a society registered under regulation 13;