Section 25 of the current Spanish Intellectual Property Law
establishes, in benefit of the authors and those entitled to the
rights, a compensatory remuneration by reason of the quantities
they no longer obtain, as a consequence of the copies made legally
by physical people for their private use.
The Law establishes an equal and single remuneration in
accordance with 3 kinds of reproductions:
- Reproductions of works divulgated through books or publications
carried out exclusively for private use through non-typographical
technical devices or tools. These reproductions are similar by
regulation.
- Reproductions of phonograms and videograms made exclusively for
private use.
- Reproductions of other sound, visual or audiovisual means made
exclusively for private use.
The specification of the remuneration is carried out for each of
the 3 categories mentioned depending on the device equipments and
ideal materials to carry out this reproduction, whether
manufactured in Spain or obtained abroad for its commercial
distribution or for its use inside Spain.
Visual creators are benefited with this right, which must be
managed by the collective management entity of intellectual
property rights.
VEGAP is handling for his authors the right of remuneration coming
from the amounts that the manufacturer and importers of
reproduction of books equipments are paying, its means the named
“Private Reprographic Copy”.
Nevertheless, VEGAP has subscribed an agreement with the Sociedad
General de Autores y Editores (SGAE).Through this agreement, SGAE
is handling for the members of VEGAP the rights belonging to the
visuals creators for the inclusion of the rights of their works in
the video recording, also named "Private Audiovisual
Copy".