How do I manage my copyright?

- Copyright may be managed individually or collectively. Individual management applies when the author or rightholder manages each work personally or through a representative. Collective management applies when rights for multiple works and authors are administered jointly, usually through a collective management organization or an independent management entity.

In principle, the rightholder decides whether to manage copyright        personally, through a representative, or via a collective management organization. However, certain rights must be managed collectively by law. These include so-called minor rights (communication to the public, except making available to the public), the resale right, the right of reproduction for private and personal use, the right of cable or other retransmission, the right of performers to additional annual compensation, the right to compensation for online teaching and the right to an equitable share of revenue from media publications. As long as these rights are subject to collective management, the author cannot exercise them individually, unless the law provides otherwise.

An exception applies where the main performer is also the rightholder of all works performed at a specific event, or where the rightholder holds all economic and related rights for the public showing of a particular non-stage musical work. In such cases, the rightholder may manage the rights individually, provided that the collective management organization is informed of this decision.

- Copyright may be transferred to another individual or legal entity. This is done by transferring the economic rights, allowing third parties to use and exploit the work.

There are two types of copyright transfer. Exclusive transfer means that only the new rightholder may use the transferred work. The author no longer retains the same rights. Non-exclusive transfer allows the author to retain the transferred rights.

- The author's moral rights cannot be transferred to another person. However, they may be inherited, except for the right to revoke, which ceases upon the author’s death.