What is compensation for remuneration?
Compensation for remuneration is an internationally acknowledged form of private copying compensation for authors and artists resulting from the European law, reflected in the territory of the Slovak Republic in the wording of the Copyright Act. It is legally defined allowance paid by the manufacturer or importer of recording media and technical devices having the ability to copy subjects of copyright protection, e.g. musical works.
What are my obligations towards SOZA if I import and/or produce blank recording media and technical device?
In case you are a manufacturer, recipient from a member state, importer from a third country or any other person who places a technical device allowing to make a temporary or permanent copy of the work, to save or preserve a copy of the work, or a blank recording medium allowing to save or preserve a copy of the work on the market in the Slovak Republic with the purpose of selling, including online sale via the internet for the first time, you are obliged to send the form “Notification on production and import of blank recording media and technical devices” to SOZA every quarter of a year, always no later on the 10th day of the first month following the calendar quarter of the year (the form is available in the section Forms). An invoice shall be issued and sent to you on the basis of the completed form and in compliance with the Copyright Act with the relevant amount of the compensation for remuneration.