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for the privilege of using the copyright material. After it has deducted its administration costs the society’s revenues are then distributed to the members of the society according to an agreed formula. Collecting societies also undertake tasks such as enforcing rights through the courts. The distribution of the society’s revenue requires that detailed records are maintained, entailing much information gathering from users and a sampling system. From this necessity stems the frequently heard argument that collecting societies are undesirable because they siphon off so much of their members’ royalty income in administrative expenditure. Not only is such an arrangement convenient for rights owners; it is also convenient for the users of the work who do not have to seek advance consent from rights owners. Since some users may be availing themselves of the work of a number of rights owners this can save a great deal of effort. Similarly, there is no need for rights owners to monitor every use of their works throughout the world. While, according to Freegard, ‘it is ... self-
DOI link for for the privilege of using the copyright material. After it has deducted its administration costs the society’s revenues are then distributed to the members of the society according to an agreed formula. Collecting societies also undertake tasks such as enforcing rights through the courts. The distribution of the society’s revenue requires that detailed records are maintained, entailing much information gathering from users and a sampling system. From this necessity stems the frequently heard argument that collecting societies are undesirable because they siphon off so much of their members’ royalty income in administrative expenditure. Not only is such an arrangement convenient for rights owners; it is also convenient for the users of the work who do not have to seek advance consent from rights owners. Since some users may be availing themselves of the work of a number of rights owners this can save a great deal of effort. Similarly, there is no need for rights owners to monitor every use of their works throughout the world. While, according to Freegard, ‘it is ... self-
for the privilege of using the copyright material. After it has deducted its administration costs the society’s revenues are then distributed to the members of the society according to an agreed formula. Collecting societies also undertake tasks such as enforcing rights through the courts. The distribution of the society’s revenue requires that detailed records are maintained, entailing much information gathering from users and a sampling system. From this necessity stems the frequently heard argument that collecting societies are undesirable because they siphon off so much of their members’ royalty income in administrative expenditure. Not only is such an arrangement convenient for rights owners; it is also convenient for the users of the work who do not have to seek advance consent from rights owners. Since some users may be availing themselves of the work of a number of rights owners this can save a great deal of effort. Similarly, there is no need for rights owners to monitor every use of their works throughout the world. While, according to Freegard, ‘it is ... self-
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