What Amendments Does The Regulation On Collective Management Organizations Introduce?

Pursuant to Presidential Decision No. 5405, the "Regulation on Collective Management Organizations" ("Regulation") was published in Official Gazette No. 31802 dated 7 April 2022 and entered into force. The legal basis for the Regulation is Article 42 of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works ("Copyright Law") No. 5846, titled "Creation of Collective Management Organizations."

Recent development

In line with the publication of the Regulation in the Official Gazette dated 7 April 2022 and its entry into force, a presidential decision which repealed the "By-Law on Collective Management Organizations and Federations of Authors of Intellectual and Artistic Works and Related Right Holders" ("By-Law") and "Type Status of Collective Management Organizations of Authors of Intellectual and Artistic Works and Related Right Holders" was published in the said Official Gazette. The Regulation, prepared to replace the aforementioned By-Law which sought reducing paperwork