Copyright grants the creator or the holder of related rights the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the reproduction of their works. Law 2121/1993, as currently in force, provides for a restriction on this exclusive right in very specific and special cases, one of which is reproduction (reprographic, digital, etc.) for private use. In compensation for this exception, fair remuneration has been established, which is determined as a percentage of the import or sale value of photocopiers, scanners, multifunction devices, printers, photocopy-suitable paper, computers, tablets, mobile phones and digital storage media. The same law stipulates that this right may be exclusively exercised collectively through Collective Management Organisations, which are authorised by the rightholders via a respective assignment contract.




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