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I also agree that only a very small number of rights owners are going to come forward. And, even then, I suspect the amount they get paid will be fairly trivial. But I don't see how that leads to your conclusion that there "is not going to be a net cost to the taxpayer". But I don't want to make a big issue of this point. I only raised it out of curiosity. Mike |
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So to summarize(*):
So it functions as a kind of escrow if someone does come forward. However they're getting a fee based on some generic scale not what they perhaps could have negotiated themselves but that's a reasonable downside and a fair disincentive to not let your works fall into orphan status in the first place. (*my understanding, which may be wrong, source here, which trainboy first posted) [ETA] My point about the taxpayer is that I would think you only need a small proportion of the works to stay orphaned for the for fees to cover the administration costs. Last edited by latepaul; 11-03-2014 at 01:59 PM. |
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An excellent summary, Latepaul. Thank you.
You say you pay a fee at the time of the application. The source you quoted says "The cost of getting a licence includes an application fee and a licence fee" (my italics). That suggests that the "application fee" is for the administrative cost, and the licence fee goes into a fund from which the IPO will pay the claims. Assuming that only a small proportion of rights holders will come forward (as you originally suggested), that in turn suggests that the fee that the applicant pays will be a lot less than the amount received by the rights holder. So you were right in saying there will be no net cost to the taxpayer. Mike |
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