Manna from heaven...........well, Germany

[spacecadet]

Anyone else just had a nice email out of the blue from DACS in respect of VG BildKunst for 2023? £46. Thanks very much. It's not far short of my UK amount, and for just a few licenses. At least some countries know how to pay for collective licensing. Thanks, DACS and VG.

Still don't know what " OECL NPLR" is though, someone's public lending right?

[Avpics]

Not me. The DACS that I claim for myself is purely UK publications but I do make sales in Germany via Alamy so perhaps something with show up later via that channel.

[geogphotos]

Yes, also had an email and some unexpected money ( around £70 after the admin deduction).

 

I did submit a Germany claim last year even though I couldn't find many ISBNs/ISSNs

 

I am going to try and spend a few days on Google Images locating ISBNs for books published in Germany so that I can add more uses to my German DACS claim.  I think the deadline is end of December. 

 

Basically work through my sales spreadsheet for all German book and mag sales for the relevant years and see if I can find any.

Edited December 11, 2023 by geogphotos

[spacecadet]

32 minutes ago, Avpics said:

The DACS that I claim for myself is purely UK publications

Not licences via Alamy I assume. But DACS sent out the invitations to claim VGBildKunst royalties to their clients independent of Alamy- I claims direct and I got one, so you probably should have been on that list.

Edited December 11, 2023 by spacecadet

[Avpics]

12 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

Not licences via Alamy I assume.

No, images submitted directly to publications.

[Alex Ramsay]

Yes, you claim direct from DACS - same as for Dutch royalties. A few of my books have been translated over the years, and it comes in handy now

 

Alex