New app to facilitate copyright payment

By Francisco Espinosa Reboa

The National Institute for Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) of Peru launched a new app called Tune In, a practical tool that estimates payment fees for music copyright owners.

Tune In allows owners of night clubs, restaurants, bars, karaokes, dance schools, and shopping and recreational centers, to calculate the approximate royalty they need to pay for using national and international songs.

Copyright rules in Peru state that creators, artists and producers are entitled to remuneration, through collecting societies, for the use of their works, performances and productions.