Welcome to the International Publishers' Rights Organisation (IPRO)

The International Publishers' Rights Organisation was founded by the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers STM for collecting and distributing the copyright fees from educational institutions. This concerns fees for copying from books and magazines for (digital) readers. Dutch legislation allows for the copying of short sections and short works in educational publications, like readers.

In order to keep on top of this kind of copying, the IPRO, together with the Nederlands Uitgeversverbond (Dutch Publishers Association) has entered into Reader Agreements with the umbrella organisations of universities and hbo (Higher Vocational Education) institutions. The Reader Agreements contain detailed information regarding the legal conditions.

Subito Settlement Agreement & Process: Settlement between the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) and Subito e.V. regarding electronic document delivery services. 

IPRO distributes the collected fees amongst the international rightful claimants. For this purpose the IPRO pays the CCC, CLA, CFC and VG Wort Reproduction Rights Organisations and STM.