Membership

Become a member

FILCOLS grew from eight members in 2008 to more than 800 rightsholders, including National Artists, award-winning authors, and esteemed publishers.

Click here to view the list of members.

Individual authors, heirs of authors, publishers, and authors’ associations are strongly encouraged to join. There is no membership fee for anyone who wants to join FILCOLS.

Published works of professors are usually reproduced in large numbers by consumers from different educational institutions and organizations. 

As authors, their copyright should be respected not only by citing them as the source of the work (attribution) but by just remuneration for the use of their works especially for large-scale reproductions.

Professor-authors should join FILCOLS so that their reproduction rights may be managed collectively. 

The requirements are simple. The author needs to submit the following:

  1. Updated resume with a list of works
  2. Notarized Membership Agreement with Assignment of Reproduction Rights Download Forms Here.
  3. Copy of TIN and another government-issued ID
  4. Signed Proxy Form

These documents should be sent to membership officer Reg Pastor (regpastor01@gmail.com).

We are happy to answer inquiries regarding membership. Please send your communications to the membership officer Reg Pastor.

Bilateral Agreements

A bilateral agreement is a contract between RROs from different countries that enables them to represent each other’s members and repertoires or catalogs of works. These agreements help increase the collection of remuneration across different countries while lowering the costs of cross-border enforcement.

FILCOLS signed bilateral agreements with the RROs of Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Singapore, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and Vietnam. This means that FILCOLS now manages the reproduction rights of the member rightsholders of the RROs from these countries. 

FILCOLS continues to engage with RROs from other countries to enter into bilateral agreements, strengthen cooperation, and share useful knowledge.