Russian Organization for Intellectual Property

The Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS (Russian: Всероссийская организация интеллектуальной собственности, ВОИС) is collective management society for neighboring rights established by Russian performers and record labels in 2008.

Всероссийская организация интеллектуальной собственности ВОИС

Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS
AbbreviationVOIS
Formation2008
HeadquartersMoscow
Location Russia
Official languagesRussian
General DirectorAndrey Krichevskiy
Websitehttp://rosvois.ru/

Today VOIS unites more than 4,000 right-owners.

In 2009 Rosohrankultura (the Ministry of Culture Department) accredited VOIS as the sole society to collect and distribute remuneration for performers and phonogram producers within the territory of the Russia.[1]

Total amount of collected remuneration in 2010 reached about 427 million rubles.[2]

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Генпрокуратура закажет музыку" – via Kommersant.