Victory for Holders of Copyrighted Written Works! Threshold for Secondary Use Licenses Set at 10%

The Minister of Law and Human Rights (“Minister”) has finally introduced a mechanism for the withdrawal, collection and distribution of royalties through secondary use licenses for books and/or other written works (collectively referred to as “Works”) through the issuance of Regulation No. 15 of 2024 on the Management of Royalties Through Secondary Use Licenses for Copyrighted Books and/or Other Written Works (“Regulation 15/2024”), which has been in force since 19 June 2024.[1] This new framework has been under discussion since 2022 and its introduction has been endorsed in order to ensure legal certainty for individuals who engage in the duplication of Works.[2]

As its title suggests, Regulation 15/2024 covers a broad range of subjects that specifically relate to the management of royalties that result from secondary use licenses for Works (“Secondary Use......