SOZA protects property rights to managed musical works for the period these rights do exist. Pursuant to the Copyright Act the economic rights on the work are established at the moment when the work is created and these rights last for 70 years after the author´s death. Copyright Act determines that the economic rights on the works are subject to the heritage. After the author´s death the heirs (legal successors of the authors) become copyright holders on musical works created by the author.
The author´s heirs of economic rights on musical works can become SOZA members. First, it is necessary to complete an application for SOZA membership.
Heir willing to become SOZA member has to meet the following conditions:
a) To submit valid certificate of Heirship to SOZA proving that he inherited copyrights to protected works;
b) To conclude a Representation Agreement with SOZA, and
c) To pay an administrative fee to the SOZA bank account charged for processing the application for SOZA membership.
After the application for SOZA membership is delivered, SOZA shall send the membership candidate a draft of the Representation Agreement together with an invoice to pay the administrative fee for processing the application. The Supervisory Board shall decide about accepting the membership candidate within the period of 90 days after the application for SOZA membership is delivered. SOZA membership begins on the day when the Representation Agreement is signed by SOZA and by the membership candidate.
Contact:
JUDr. Natália Mutkovičová
00421/2/50 20 27 02