American Society for Collective Rights Licensing
How It Works
1. We collect reprographic funds on behalf of authors and rights owners.
ASCRL collects reprographic funds from foreign collecting societies. The collecting societies are sometimes called collective management organizations (CMOs), or Reprographic Rights Organizations (RROs). The foreign collecting societies get the funds because various foreign laws require that the foreign CMOs and RROs be paid for certain uses of visual work that occur in the countries where the CMOs or RROs are located. The payments are typically required where use of visual work is legally permitted by the foreign country without an individual author's consent or is legally permitted without an individual author's license. Some payments also come from taxes, levies, or fees on machines or equipment or other media that is used for copying in order to compensate rights owners. The foreign CMOs and RROs want to be sure that visual work copyright owner in the United States receive fair treatment under their foreign laws concerning the reprographic funds they are collecting. Learn more
ASCRL, a 501(c)(6) not for profit society, and the foreign CMOs and RROs, seek to assure that the United States rights owners are properly compensated from these funds. ASCRL represents rights owners. ASCRL enters into agreements with the CMOs and RROs to distribute the reprographic funds that are collected under foreign laws in foreign countries for visual artwork to United States rights owners. Learn more
Rights owners join ASCRL and become eligible to receive the reprographic funds in accordance with ASCRL's rules and regulations. You may designate an agent to receive funds on your behalf. See Agent-Member Agreement.
ASCRL collects reprographic funds from foreign collecting societies. The collecting societies are sometimes called collective management organizations (CMOs), or Reprographic Rights Organizations (RROs). The foreign collecting societies get the funds because various foreign laws require that the foreign CMOs and RROs be paid for certain uses of visual work that occur in the countries where the CMOs or RROs are located. The payments are typically required where use of visual work is legally permitted by the foreign country without an individual author's consent or is legally permitted without an individual author's license. Some payments also come from taxes, levies, or fees on machines or equipment or other media that is used for copying in order to compensate rights owners. The foreign CMOs and RROs want to be sure that visual work copyright owner in the United States receive fair treatment under their foreign laws concerning the reprographic funds they are collecting. Learn more
ASCRL, a 501(c)(6) not for profit society, and the foreign CMOs and RROs, seek to assure that the United States rights owners are properly compensated from these funds. ASCRL represents rights owners. ASCRL enters into agreements with the CMOs and RROs to distribute the reprographic funds that are collected under foreign laws in foreign countries for visual artwork to United States rights owners. Learn more
Rights owners join ASCRL and become eligible to receive the reprographic funds in accordance with ASCRL's rules and regulations. You may designate an agent to receive funds on your behalf. See Agent-Member Agreement.
2. You join ASCRL and complete a form to claim your reprographic funds.
Join ASCRL. Registration is free!
To become eligible for funds, all you need to do is list three (3) examples of your published visual work, including the ISBN numbers for books, ISSN or barcode numbers for magazines, or URL's for websites, where the works appear. (Please keep copies of your three works in case ASCRL requests proof of your information). You can also give ASCRL general information about the number of individual visual works you have published, and how frequently these works were published. This helps ASCRL determine how much money you should receive. Learn more
Once you are registered as a member, you can log in to your ASCRL dashboard, where you may stake a claim by simply completing the ASCRL claims form. The dashboard will automatically identify the distributions you are eligible to claim, based on your status as an author, rights owner, if you are photographer, or other visual artists, and based upon any rules we receive from the foreign collecting societies that provide the funds, and based upon any rules that are established within ASCRL for the distributions.
Join ASCRL. Registration is free!
To become eligible for funds, all you need to do is list three (3) examples of your published visual work, including the ISBN numbers for books, ISSN or barcode numbers for magazines, or URL's for websites, where the works appear. (Please keep copies of your three works in case ASCRL requests proof of your information). You can also give ASCRL general information about the number of individual visual works you have published, and how frequently these works were published. This helps ASCRL determine how much money you should receive. Learn more
Once you are registered as a member, you can log in to your ASCRL dashboard, where you may stake a claim by simply completing the ASCRL claims form. The dashboard will automatically identify the distributions you are eligible to claim, based on your status as an author, rights owner, if you are photographer, or other visual artists, and based upon any rules we receive from the foreign collecting societies that provide the funds, and based upon any rules that are established within ASCRL for the distributions.
3. Submit your online form by the claims deadline.
Once received, ASCRL’s team will review the claim and calculate your annual share of the reprographic funds based on publication histories and the number of ASCRL claimants receiving distributions. Learn more
Once received, ASCRL’s team will review the claim and calculate your annual share of the reprographic funds based on publication histories and the number of ASCRL claimants receiving distributions. Learn more
4. You receive your reprographic funds directly from ASCRL!
ASCRL makes payment to you within 90 days after the claims period closes, based on the payment method you specify in your registration. Learn more
ASCRL makes payment to you within 90 days after the claims period closes, based on the payment method you specify in your registration. Learn more
