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Glossary

184 terms from music distribution, metadata, copyright, collective management, royalties, platforms and production. Explained clearly, with links to laws, guides and official sources.

A

Author royalties Collective management Money paid by a collecting society to authors and rights holders for the use of their works and recordings. Also: author royalties, performance royalties, mechanical royalties

C

Collective management Collective management Collective exercise of copyright and related rights by a state-authorised organisation – it collects fees from music users and distributes them to rights holders. Also: collective rights management, collecting society, CMO

D

DILIA Collective management The collecting society for authors of literary, dramatic and audiovisual works and some performers. Also: DILIA, Czech literary and theatre agency

I

Intergram Collective management The Czech collecting society for the rights of performers and producers of sound recordings. Also: Intergram, Czech performers' and producers' society IPI number Collective management The international identification number of an author or publisher in the collecting societies' system. Also: IPI, IPI/CAE number, Interested Party Information

M

Mechanical rights Collective management The right to reproduce a work on media and in digital copies. A mechanical licence is needed, for example, to release a cover. Also: mechanical rights, mechanical licence, mechanicals

O

OAZA Collective management The collecting society for sound engineers whose creative contribution qualifies as an authored work. Also: OAZA, Czech sound engineers' society OSA Collective management The Czech collecting society for copyright in musical works – it represents composers, lyricists and publishers. Also: OSA, Czech authors' society

P

Public performance Collective management Use of music for the public – at a concert, on radio, on TV, in a restaurant or shop. Fees are collected by collecting societies. Also: public performance, communication to the public

W

Work registration Collective management Notifying a collecting society of a song with its authors and their shares so it can pay remuneration. Also: work registration, song registration