Slovak Performing and Mechanical Rights Society (SOZA)

SOZA), executes international standards on copyright protection in the territory of the Slovak Republic. These rights have been applied on the international level since 1886 in compliance with the so-called Berne Convention. SOZA represents rights holders – authors, sub-authors, music arrangers and authors of written part of the work, i.e. lyrics, libretto, as well as publishers of those works. On their behalf SOZA monitors the use of musical works in the territory of the Slovak Republic, collects royalties and at the same time provides administrative, economic and legal services. Pursuant to authorisations of rights holders SOZA grants approvals for the use of the music to the users. SOZA is an independent society with legal subjectivity acting on its own behalf, collecting, managing and distributing royalties to the authors and publishers of musical works belonging to these subjects in compliance with the Copyright Act and relevant executive legal regulations.