Non-governmental Society
"Authors & Publishers"

Non-governmental Society “AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS” is the organization of collective management, which is just beginning its journey, but has ambitious goals and the necessary knowledge, experience and strength to achieve them! THE SOCIETY was established to manage property copyrights on a collective basis. The purpose (objectives) of the SOCIETY is the implementation of voluntary, extended and (or) mandatory management on a collective basis of property rights of copyright holders in the relevant areas of use of copyright objects without profit in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On effective management of property rights of copyright holders in the field of copyright and (or) related rights”.

The principles of the society are:

Observance of the interests of the rightholders, which obliges the SOCIETY to act in the best way in the interests of the Rightholders – Authors and Publishers, to effectively collect, distribute and pay income from rights (royalties), not to impose on right holders any obligations that are not objectively necessary for protection of their rights and interests and for the effective management of their property rights;
Equality, which imposes on the society the obligation not to allow the establishment of
privileges for certain categories of right holders depending on their type (legal or natural
persons), membership in the society, participation or non-participation in the management of
the society, citizenship, residence, etc .;
Transparency, which imposes on the society the obligation to ensure free access of right
holders, users and the public to information about their activities, defined by this Law;
Accountability, which imposes on the society the obligation to report to the right holders on
its activities in the manner prescribed by this Law;
Effective management, which imposes on the society the obligation to ensure the
collection, distribution and payment of income from rights to rights holders in the fastest, most efficient and accurate way and only at reasonable costs. The society will conduct its activities in the interests of all categories of copyright holders.

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