licensing
How does Licensing work?
As an RRO, DALRO's core function is to grant licences for the reproduction of extracts from copyright-protected published works. These would be for internal use in an educational institution, an organisation or a company.
In this way, the institutions pay a small fer to make multiple copies - legally. This money is then channelled back to the rightsholders.
Copying takes place everywhere and represents a massive use of published materials. If it's not regulated the livelihood of authors and publishers is threatened. There are functioning RROs in almost 50 countries around the world and under the collective administration of rights system, authors and publishers combine to mandate RROs to offer solutions to the problems of mass unauthorised copying. This solution is to give users easy and cheap access to the necessary materials while securing payment for the rightsholders.
Worldwide, reprographic reproduction (or photocopying) is licenced by RROs in one of two ways:
- A Transactional Licence
- A Blanket Licence
The best licence will depend on the institution's needs and resources.
Contact DALRO if you need to make photocopies in multiples so we can help you decide which is the best licence for you.
After deducting an administration fee, DALRO distributes royalties to the authors and publishers whose works have been copied. This gives rightsholders an alternative revenue stream for the legitimate use of their Intellectual Property.
DALRO also licenses Media Monitoring Organisations for the use of copyright-protected material. To find out more about this particular licence contact Sarah-Jane Bosch on 011 712 8398 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or download the licence here.
Transactional Licensing
A transactional licence authorises an institution, organisation or company to reproduce a set number of copies of a defined number of pages of a specified work for internal use.
The licensee has to apply for the rights in advance. DALRO needs full details of the title of the work (book or journal); title of the article (if a journal article); author(s) or editor(s) of the book or author(s) of the journal article; ISBN or ISSN of the book or journal; the number of pages to be copied and the number of copies to be made of those pages.
DALRO then grants the rights at a set fee per copy per page.
If you would like to find out more please contact us here.
Blanket Licensing
A blanket licence gives the licensee (currently only educational institutions) comprehensive, authorisation to copy from published editions if DALRO manages those rights.
The licensee concludes an agreement with us, and receives advance permission to copy in line with the licence agreement. It then reports back on exactly what and how much it's copied.
A blanket licence doesn't mean the licensee has permission to copy anything! It can't copy entire books for instance. The terms of the blanket licence clarify where and how much the licensee can copy.
If you would like to find out more please contact us here.