About us
Copibec is a non-profit organization specializing in copyright management. Founded in 1997, it represents over 30,000 authors and more than 1,300 publishing houses. The collective facilitates legal access to a vast repertoire of works protected by the Copyright Act through a licensing service.
Mission
Copibec’s mission is to ensure that the use of works protected by the Copyright Act respects the rights of authors, journalists, freelancers, visual artists and publishers, while guaranteeing fair remuneration.
Vision
Promote dynamic, mutually beneficial interaction between users and copyright holders, ensuring the richness and continuity of culture and education.
Representation and repertoire
Founded by the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL), Copibec quickly broadened its scope to also represent visual artists (RAAV), freelance journalists (FPJQ, AJIQ) and periodical publishers (SODEP, Hebdos du Québec, Quotidiens du Québec), thereby expanding its repertoire of works.
Internationally, Copibec has signed agreements with 33 foreign companies to include publications from these countries in its repertoire.
Digital rights
After initially specializing in managing paper-format reproduction rights, Copibec has moved forward as technologies have advanced. We have expanded our repertoire to include digital books, newspapers and magazines and developed new digital tools and services.
Foremost among them is our Savia online rights management system deployed in 2012 to make life easier for thousands of copyright owners and content users. For the education sector, we developed our SAMUEL digital content platform (2014), started offering the Get It Now service (2015) and created our DONA service (2016) for students with perceptual disabilities.
Services
Copibec offers a wide range of products and services customized to meet the needs of content users as well as copyright owners:
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Provide user licences to organizations
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Grants authorizations for one-off or specific uses
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Manage reproduction rights and royalties on behalf of copyright owners
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Administer the SAMUEL digital content platform designed for the education sector
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Offer the DONA service for students with perceptual disabilities