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CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 1
This Act is enacted in accordance with Article 81, paragraph 3 of the Copyright Act.
Article 2
The competent authority referred to in this Act is the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Issuance of establishment permits for copyright collective management organizations (CMOs), as well as guidance and supervision of their operations, will be carried out by the specialized agency designated by the MOEA.
Article 3
The terms used in this Act shall be defined as follows:
1.Copyright collective management services ("collective management services"): Services for the management of economic rights on behalf of multiple economic rights holders, in which uniform royalty rates and methods for distribution of royalties are adopted as the basis for collection and distribution of royalties, and in which license agreements with users are established in the name of those providing the management.
2.Copyright collective management organization ("CMO"): An incorporated association engaging in collective management services, organized by economic rights holders, approved and established pursuant to this Act, and exercising rights and performing obligations in the name of the CMO.
3.Individual license agreement: An agreement between a CMO and a user under which the exploitation of specific economic rights under the management of the CMO is licensed to the user for its exploitation and royalties are paid by the user.
4.Blanket license agreement: An agreement between a CMO and a user under which all economic rights under the management of the CMO are licensed to the user for a specific period, with no restriction on the number of uses, and royalties are paid by the user.
5.Management agreement: An agreement between an economic rights holder and a CMO for management of such rights and distribution of the royalties collected to said economic rights holder by the CMO.
6.Management fees: The fees a CMO charges an economic rights holder for performing collective management services.
7.Royalty rates: The criteria for calculation, the ratios, or the amounts of royalties that the CMO collects for providing the economic rights it manages for exploitation by users.
8.Joint royalty rate: A single royalty rate jointly adopted by two or more CMOs with respect to the same type of exploitation.