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VOIS has concluded a bilateral agreement concerning the rights of performers with the State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent). According to the agreement performers of both countries will be protected equally within the contracting territories. Cooperation of VOIS and the Kyrgyz colleagues will provide strengthening the […]

VOIS concluded bilateral agreement concerning the rights of performers with the Armenian public organization on collective management of copyright and related rights Armauthor. According to the agreement performers of both countries will be protected equally within the contracting territories. Cooperation of VOIS and the Armenian colleagues will allow Russian performers get remuneration for the use […]

VOIS concluded a bilateral agreement concerning the rights of phonogram producers with the Latvian collecting society on neighboring rights – Latvian Performers’ and Producers’ Association (LaIPA). According to the agreement the producers of phonograms of both countries will be protected equally within the contracting territories. Cooperation of VOIS and the Latvian colleagues will allow Russian […]

A bilateral agreement on mutual representation of interests was signed between VOIS and GDA – the Portuguese society for the collective management of related rights. The agreement provides for the parties’ cooperation and exchange of catalogs of performers. GDA collects, distributes and pays remuneration owed to actors and musicians for the use of phonograms created […]

SCAPR (the Societies’ Council for the Collective Management of Performers’ Rights) working group meetings were held on January 18-21, 2016 in Madrid (Spain). VOIS was represented at the meetings by Deputy Director General Erik Valdes-Martines. The participants of the Rights Administration Working Group discussed current issues related to the societies dealing with the collective management […]

On October 6-7, 2015 a meeting of Chairmen of VOIS and SAMI – the Swedish Society for the collective management of performers’ rights was held in the VOIS office in Moscow. The meeting resulted in signing a bilateral agreement on mutual representation of interests. Director General of SAMI Stefan Lagrell and Head of International Department […]

SACPR & VOIS regional workshop on collective management of performers’ rights in the post-Soviet countries and international practice was held in Russia, Moscow, on October 16-17, 2014. It was initiated by VOIS under the aegis of SCAPR. The event gathered together leading experts from Europe and CIS countries. SCAPR was represented by the Working group […]

VOIS concluded a bilateral agreement with the Azerbaidzhan collecting society on neighboring rights Azerbaijan Public Association «For the Collective Management of Owners of Related Rights» (CMORR). According to the bilateral agreement the performers and the producers of phonograms of both countries will be protected equally on the contracting territories. Cooperation of VOIS and the Azerbaidzhan […]

VOIS concluded a bilateral agreement with the Italian collecting society on neighboring rights «Itsright». According to the bilateral agreement the performers and the producers of phonograms of both countries will be protected equally on the contracting territories. Cooperation of VOIS and the Italian colleagues will allow Russian performers and record companies get remuneration for the […]

VOIS and CMORR (Azerbaijan Public Association «For the Collective Management of Owners of Related Rights») concluded a bilateral agreement on mutual representation of interests for collective management of related rights. The agreement provides for cooperation between the parties and exchange of catalogs of performers and phonogram producers. Azerbaijan Public Association «For the Collective Management of […]