The primary payment of AV remunerations is approaching: check these things before the payment date

At the beginning of September, we will pay about 11 million euros in copyright remunerations to authors and performers of TV programmes. In this news article, we explain what authors should do to get paid quickly.

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Remunerations accrued for TV programmes from 2024 will be paid to authors and performers in early September. In order to get the remunerations paid directly to your account without delays, please do the following:

  1. In OmaKopiosto, check that your bank and tax details are correct. For the primary payment in September, you must provide us with your tax card in advance, by 31 August. If necessary, you can send us a new tax card securely via our uploading service.
    The name of the extranet service for audiovisual authors was changed to OmaKopiosto at the beginning of August. Please note! The service is only available in Finnish.
  2. In the authorisation service, make sure that you have given authorisation to Kopiosto. Once you have a valid authorisation, we will always pay you the accrued remunerations automatically.

We would be happy to help you with all your questions regarding AV remunerations. The best way to reach our payment expert is by e-mail at tilitys(at)kopiosto.fi.

We are testing a new feature that lets you see an estimate of the remuneration amount before payment

In the autumn, we are piloting a new feature where authors can see a preliminary estimate of their remuneration amount in OmaKopiosto even before they are paid.

The estimate of the remuneration amount will be available on the author’s own pages in OmaKopiosto in August. However, the final remuneration amount may change before the actual payment date. Remunerations will be paid in early September.

We are testing this feature because authors have asked for advance information on the amount of remuneration to be paid.

Moving forward, the educational recording remuneration will only be paid for YLE TV programmes

An individual programme can receive remunerations through several categories, one of which is the remuneration for educational recordings. The educational recording remuneration is paid for the recording of TV programmes in schools with a Kopiosto licence. The remuneration is paid to the authors and performers of TV programmes, excluding employees of the YLE and MTV broadcasting companies.

The use of TV programmes in education is surveyed regularly. According to the latest survey on educational use, schools mainly record YLE programmes. As a result, no further remuneration will accrue for programmes broadcast on MTV.

The survey also influences for which types of programmes the remuneration is paid and for how much. The types of programmes that are remunerated by Kopiosto are animations, talk shows and newsmagazines, reportage and documentary programmes, partly dramatised programmes, and documentary films.

Employees working for YLE or MTV receive their share of the remuneration for educational use through the KOURA education fund where they can apply for grants. Find out about the grants and their awarding criteria on the KOURA website.

How remunerations are paid: the remuneration amount depends on factors such as the way the TV programme is used and the type of programme

Our copyright licences allow a wide range of TV content to be recorded and used in educational institutions and households, for example. The remunerations to be paid shortly have been collected for the use of TV programmes presented in 2024.

The remuneration amount an author receives depends on many factors and can vary widely from year to year.

The payment of remunerations is based on the payment principles annually confirmed to be adopted by the Kopiosto member organisations, which determine the proportion in which remunerations are paid for the use of different programmes and the distribution of remunerations between the different author groups.

The remuneration amount that an individual author or performer receives for a TV programme is influenced by the type of remuneration, the type of programme, the copyright coefficient for creative contribution, and the author group. You can find out more about these principles on our new page on the bases for AV remunerations.