Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2026-02-24
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Frances Black (IND), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I move amendment No. 5:
In page 4, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:
"(d) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (10):
"(11) The right of the performer in subsection (1) shall be exercised by a collective management organisation representing performers, registered as a licensing body for performers’ property rights under section 286, subject always to the right of the performer at any time to easily and effectively opt-out of such collective management.
(12) (a) The calculation of the division of the performer share of equitable remuneration between individual performers shall be carried out by a collective management organisation registered as a licensing body for performers’ property rights under section 280 in respect of a scheme that includes management of the right to equitable remuneration,
(b) where there is more than one such licensing body and in default of agreement between them as to which of them should undertake the calculation, any such licensing body may apply to the Controller for an order determining which of them is best placed to carry out the calculation. The Controller shall determine the issue taking all relevant factors into consideration.".".

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