Reforms on Collective Copyright Management System in Albania

• Pages: 155-162

Vol. 7 No. 2

July, 2021

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

Reforms on Collective Copyright Management System in Albania

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilda Melo (Kovaci)

University of Tirana, Albania

Dr. Nadia Rusi

University of Tirana, Albania

Abstract

In modern times, managing copyright and related rights individually may not always be

realistic. An author, performer or producer, for instance, cannot contact every single radio

station to negotiate licenses and remuneration for the use of their songs. On the other side,

itisnotpracticalforaradiostationtoseekspecicpermissionfromeveryauthor,performer

and producer for the use of each song. CMOs facilitate rights clearance in the interest of both

partiesandeconomicrewardforrightsholders. 1

Collectivemanagmentofcopyrightisoneofthemainwaysofmanagingcopyrightandrelated

rightin Albania. The current management system nds its legal regulation in law35/2016

“On copyright and other related rights”. This article aim to highlight the main novelties

regardingthecollectivecopyrightmanagementsystem,withfocusonlicensing,organization

andfunctioningofcollectivecopyrightagenciesinAlbania,as wellassome elementsofthe

organization and functioning of collective copyright agencies that despite the legal provisions

inpracticeareproblematicandthereforeposearisktotheeectiveprotectionofcopyrightin

Albania.

Keywords: Collective managment, copyright, agency, organization.

Introduction

Nowdays,managing copyright and related rights individually may not alwaysbe

realistic. An author, performer or producer, for instance, cannot contact every single

radio station to negotiate licenses and remuneration for the use of their songs. On the

otherside,itisnotpracticalforaradiostationtoseekspecicpermissionfromevery

author, performer and producer for the use of each song 2.

Collective copyright management is one option within the copyright system that

requires or allows rights holders to administer their rights through a Collective

Management Organization (CMO). CMOs facilitate rights clearance in the interest of

bothpartiesandeconomicrewardforrightsholders. 3

According J. Thorpe, copyright was originally formulated in an age when mass

production was unknown and the geographic distribution of the copyrighted

materialswaslimited.Therewasnoneedofcollectivemanagmentsincetheauthors

wereabletoenforcetheircopyrightindividually.Tecnologicaldevelopmentsemerge

 1 https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/management.

 2 Idem.

 3 https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/management.