Copyright Act, 1957
(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed,— (a) a copyright society may accept from an [author and other owners of right] exclusive authorisation to administer any right in any work by issue of licences or collection of licence fees or both; and (b) an [author and other owners of right] shall have the right to withdraw such authorisation without prejudice to the rights of the copyright society under any contract. (2) It shall be competent for a copyright society to enter into agreement with any foreign society or organisation administering rights corresponding to rights under this Act, to entrust to such foreign society or organisation the administration in any foreign country of rights administered by the said copyright society in India, or for administering in India the rights administered in a foreign country by such foreign society or organisation: Provided that no such society or organisation shall permit any discrimination in regard to the terms of licence or the distribution of fees collected between rights in Indian and other works. (3) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, a copyright society may— (i) issue licences under section 30 in respect of any rights under this Act; (ii) collect fees in pursuance of such licences; (iii) distribute such fees among [author and other owners of right] after making deductions for its own expenses; (iv) perform any other functions consistent with the provisions of section 35. 34A. [Payment of remunerations by copyright society.] Omitted by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 (27 of 2012), s. 22 (w.e.f. 21-6-2012). 35. Control over the copyright society by the [author and other owners of right].— (1) Every copyright society shall be subject to the collective control of the owners of rights under this Act whose rights it administers (not being [author and other owners of right] under this Act administered by a foreign society or organisation referred to in sub-section (2) of section 34) and shall, in such manner as may be prescribed,— (a) obtain the approval of such owners of rights for its procedures of collection and distribution of fees; (b) obtain their approval for the utilisation of any amounts collected as fees for any purpose other than distribution to the owner of rights; and (c) provide to such owners regular, full and detailed information concerning all its activities, in relation to the administration of their rights. (2) All fees distributed among the [author and other owners of right] shall, as far as may be, be distributed in proportion to the actual use of their works. [ (3) Every copyright society shall have a governing body with such number of persons elected from among the members of the society consisting of equal number of authors and owners of work for the purpose of the administration of the society as may be specified. (4) All members of copyright society shall enjoy equal membership rights and there shall be no discrimination between authors and owners of rights in the distribution of royalties.]