Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct

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Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct

As you may be aware, each ot the societies, Australasian performing Right Association Limited ("APM"), Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited ("AMCOS"), Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited (,,ppCA,,), Copyright Agency Limited ("CAL"), Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited ("Screenrights '), Viscopy Limited ("Viscopy,,J, Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society Limited ("AWGACS ,) and Australian Screen Directors Authorship

Collecting Society Limited ("ASDACS,,), subscribes to a code of conduct for copyright collecting societies. The Code came into effect in July 2002, and was last reviewed in April 2008. A copy of the Code is available on each society,s websjte and can be downloaded or, if requested, I will arrange for a copy to be sent to you by post.

Compliance with the Code by participating collecting societies is currently the subject of an independent annual review being conducted by former Federal Court judge, Mr James Burchett OC.

The Code provides for licensees to be able to make submissions directly to the code reviewer, Mr Burchett, concerning a collecting society s compliance with the Code. Accordingly, should you wish to make any submissions to Mi Burchett in that regard, please address them in writing to the following address by no later than 3i July 2009.

The Code Reviewer
Suite 704 4 Young Street
Neutral Bay NSW 2089

Yours sincerely
Kylie Cooke

Executive Assistant to the Review by JCSBurchett,OC
1 June 2009