The remuneration provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the manufacturer or
the importer of machines and used for the reproduction for private use of a printed work,
when such machines are put in circulation in Cameroon.
74.—(1) The types of machines subject to a fee and the amount of such fee, as well as
the conditions of payment shall be determined by regulation.
(2) The fee provided for in this chapter shall be collected on behalf of the legal
representatives by the competent collective management body.
(3) Proceeds from private copying of printed works shall be shared equally among the
authors, the publishers and the cultural policy support fund provided for in Section 5(4)
above.
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Part V
Collective Management
75.—(1) Owners of copyrights or neighbouring rights may, for purposes of exercising
their rights, set up copyright and neighbouring rights collective management bodies.
(2) Only one body may be created for each category of copyright or neighbouring right.
The categories shall be determined by genre or by necessary association.
(3) The provisions of Section 75(1) shall be without prejudice to the freedom of authors
and holders of neighbouring rights to directly exercise their rights hereunder.
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