Copyright Rules, 2013
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COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES
(1) The copyright society shall draw up and make public a special report, to be referred to as the Annual Transparency Report, for each financial year within six months following the end of that financial year. The copyright society shall publish the Annual Transparency Report on its website and ensure that it remains available on the website for at least three years.
(2) The Annual Transparency Report shall contain the following information, namely:
(a) a report on the activities during the financial year;
(b) the number of refusals to grant a licence;
(c) financial information on the total royalties collected;
(d) the total royalties paid to authors and other owners;
(e) the total royalties collected but not yet attributed to authors and other owners;
(f) the total administrative deductions made from the royalties collected;
(g) the details and use of the amounts deducted for the activities conducted under the Welfare Scheme as provided under rule 67; and
(h) information on amounts received from and paid to foreign societies or organisations.