Kopiosto paid EUR 3.5 milloin in copying remunerations to authors and publishers

We recently paid EUR 3.5 million in copying remunerations to 26 member organisations representing various fields of culture and communications. This batch involved compensations collected with regard to copying and scanning online materials for 2020.

The remunerations come from the licences we sell for using copyrighted publications and works. For example, our licences can be used to copy and save articles published online as well as copy and scan materials from magazines and books. The licences are purchased by educational institutions, companies, communities, municipalities and the central government.

We pay copying remunerations to our member organisations three times a year.

Additional information:

Senior Vice President Sari Ahonen, Rightsholders Services, +358 (0)40 526 7257, sari.ahonen(at)kopiosto.fi