Payments for private sound copying and equitable remuneration are made once a year at the end of December, based on the previous year’s broadcasts. Consult the payment schedule.
The gap time between the distribution and / or sale of the work and the payment of the rights is:
- one year for remuneration for private copying calculated on broadcasts,
- two years for remuneration in respect of private copying calculated on the number of phonograms sold.
For information, the law on prescription was amended in 2014 and its duration reduced to 5 years (Intellectual Property Code Article L 321-1 last paragraph – link legifrance.gouv.fr).
Thus, for rights distributed before January 1, 2015, you have until December 31, 2019 to claim them with a maximum retroactivity of 10 years. For amounts allocated after 2015, retroactivity is now up to 5 years.
Examples:
The rights were distributed in 2009. The claim can be presented until 2019.
The rights were distributed in 2012. The claim can be presented until 2019.
The rights are distributed in 2016. The claim can be presented until 2021 or for 5 years.
After five years, the rights, if not claimed by the performer, are prescribed.