Artistic performances include, in particular, the activities of actors, reciters, conductors, instrumentalists, vocalists, dancers and mimes, as well as other persons who contribute creatively to the creation of a performance. Each such artistic performance of a work or a piece of folk art is protected regardless of its value, purpose, or form of expression. This means that an artistic performance includes, for example, performing an acting role in a film, TV series, or televised theatre production, recording dubbing, or performing an acting role in a radio play.

a member affiliated with the non-distributive section.

a member affiliated with the distributive section.

both members with distributive status and members with non-distributive status.

a common term for devices/items used to copy works or objects of related rights for personal private use (e.g. CDs, DVDs, or memory cards).

this means an association bringing together rightholders or entities representing rightholders, whose primary statutory purpose is the collective management of copyright or related rights on behalf of rightholders, within the scope of the authorization granted to it by the minister competent for Culture and National Heritage.

Collective Management Organization

the section indicated in the resolution on admission as a member with non-distributive status, or in the resolutions referred to in § 70(5) and (8) of the ZASP Statute; the non-distributive section in which a member with non-distributive status exercises active and passive voting rights.

the section indicated in the resolution on admission as a member with distributive status, or in the resolutions referred to in § 70(3) and (8) of the ZASP Statute; the distributive section in which a member with distributive status exercises active and passive voting rights.

regulations defining the rules for conducting activities of a social, cultural, or educational nature, approved by the General Assembly of Delegates, together with any subsequent amendments.

regulations defining the rules for managing revenues from rights until they are paid to rightholders, including their investment, approved by the General Assembly of Delegates, together with any subsequent amendments.

regulations defining the rules for making deductions from revenues from rights for activities of a social, cultural, or educational nature, approved by the General Assembly of Delegates, together with any subsequent amendments.

regulations defining, among other things, the rules for distributing revenues from rights among rightholders, approved by the General Assembly of Delegates, together with any subsequent amendments.

this means the calendar year.

the Statute of the Polish Artists of the Theatre, Film, Radio and Television Union (ZASP – Association), adopted on 1 April 2019 by the 59th Extraordinary General Assembly of Delegates, together with any subsequent amendments.

a strategy defining the rules for risk management, approved by the Main Audit Committee, together with any subsequent amendments.

an agreement concluded between ZASP and another collective management organization, or between ZASP and a foreign collective management organization, under which one organization authorizes the other to collectively manage the rights it administers, within the scope and on the terms set out in that agreement.

an agreement concluded by ZASP with a rightholder, the subject of which is the collective management of rights to artistic acting performances or copyright of directors of audiovisual works and sound directors of audiovisual works.

any person who holds rights to artistic acting performances or copyright in audiovisual works, or has a legal title to revenues from those rights, within the scope covered by ZASP’s authorization.

a work within the meaning of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights in the form of a radio broadcast (including a radio play), an audiobook, or another audio form.

a natural person, a legal person, or an organizational unit without legal personality but with legal capacity under the law, that exploits artistic performances or audio works in a manner requiring the consent of rightholders or the payment of remuneration to them in connection with the use of artistic performances or audio works, or carries out activities requiring the payment of fees to rightholders in accordance with the Act on Copyright and Related Rights.

an entity recognized as a collective management organization abroad, in the country of its registered office.

Polish Artists of the Theatre, Film, Radio and Television Union (ZASP) – Association

a decision issued to ZASP by the minister competent for culture, granting authorization for the collective management of copyright or related rights.