Annual Review 2007/08
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Contents 02 Message from the Chairman 03 Chief Executive’s Report 04 Beyond Royalties 06 Payback 08 Copyright Licensing 11 Artist’s Profile 12 Money Paid to Artists 14 Artist’s Resale Right 16 The Creators’ Council 18 Board of Directors 19 Financial Report 20 Independent Auditors’ Statement 21 Financial Accounts Step by Step by Christian Furr 23 DACS Team © Christian Furr. All rights reserved, DACS 2008 24 Company Information 26 Members’ Charter DACS 33 Great Sutton Street London EC1V 0DX T +44 (0)20 7336 8811 F +44 (0)20 7336 8822 E [email protected] Annual Review 2007/08 www.dacs.org.uk Cheney Puppet Master, 2003 by Andy Davey © Andy Davey 2008 Mar – DACS Roadshow, Newcastle – DACS Royalties Report Mash Ups window painting published © Nicky Carvell & Stuart Semple 2008 – Artist’s Resale Right royalty payments are made DACS: in the Life A Year Charter Members’ Consultation Our staff will: staff Our Members’ Charter – treat you with courtesy, respect and DACS is committed to Apr consideration at all times ensuring that the interests of – DACS submits report to the DACS is a not-for-profit – identify ourselves by name when our Members are understood Gowers Review consultation Our aims on the future of copyright in membership organisation which In everything we do, we communicate with you and and reflected throughout the the digital age exists to promote and protect the DACS will be: listen and respond appropriately organisation. copyright of visual creators in the – Inclusive – conduct ourselves with efficiency, As well as reflecting this in – DACS contributes to UK and worldwide. integrity and fairness the constitution of the Board of Artist’s Resale Right – Professional This Members’ Charter sets Directors, which will comprise debate in Australia – Transparent out the principles governing – Consultative We will constantly review and update substantial representation from – Romance opens at membership of DACS and the – Accountable our services and strive for continuous the visual creators’ community, The Kowalsky Gallery Nov standards of service that you, our improvement in quality, efficiency and DACS will consult a Creators’ – DACS Annual Health Check Members, can expect from us. cost effectiveness. Council to ensure that the – DACS at London Book Fair evaluation and Review DACS: A Year – DACS Roadshow, Liverpool Its purpose is to enshrine our We will provide a fair and simple views, interests and concerns The effectiveness of the – Artist’s Resale Right royalty procedure for you to use in order to of visual creators are heard and Members’ Charter will commitment to you, ensuring that Inclusiveness – Copyright Licensing royalty payments are made We will embrace the express dissatisfaction about any comprehended and that this be evaluated at least payments are made you are fully aware of what DACS in the Life should be delivering and to set out widest possible range aspect of the service you receive. perspective informs and guides annually by the Board – Artist’s Resale Right royalty a means of redress if we fail to of visual creators and the governance and strategic Accountability of Directors.Changes to If we do not perform to your payments are made their heirs, irrespective direction of DACS. the Members’ Charter Jan May meet our commitments. satisfaction, we want to hear from . – DACS submits report – Writers’ Guild of Great This Members’ Charter will be of type, experience, or A Creators’ Council will will only be made with you. You can make your complaint by Dec commercial success. to UK Government’s Britain ‘new writers evening’ observed by all staff and directors Transparency exist which is designed to the consent of the telephone, email or letter by following post-implementation at the Kowalsky Gallery – Payback 2008 payments at DACS. We recognise the fact As a not-for-profit organisation, DACS give genuine influence on Creators’ Council. review of the Artist’s made to artists and visual that visual creators may is committed to retaining only sufficient the decision making process this procedure: – Artist’s Resale Right royalty Resale Right legislation creators choose different ways of levels of commission to facilitate the payments are made as well as the social and – DACS at International defining themselves and ongoing viability of the organisation. cultural policy of DACS. With Step 1: – Artist’s Resale royalty Address your communication to payments are made Copyright Law Conference may practice in more than The rates of commission will be a maximum of 18 places, the one discipline. agreed by the Board of Directors and the complaints officer. – Artist’s Resale Right royalty Creators’ Council will include at will be reviewed at least annually. Feb We will be inclusive least three Creator Members payments are made Step 2: – Artist’s Resale Right by respecting equality The rates of commission will be of DACS and be designed celebrates its second of opportunity and transparently published in our annual to reflect the diversity of If you remain dissatisfied with our birthday, £4.2 million eliminating barriers report on royalty distribution rules, artistic stakeholders. It will be response to your complaint, let us July Jun know so that we can refer the matter collected for artists Sep to membership. procedures and results. This will be operated in such a way that – DACS attends The – UK Government launches – UK Government closes freely available and any changes its participants are free to to our Chief Executive. – Copyright Licensing royalty International Confederation public consultation into the public consultation into in the rate of commission will comment on the development payments are made of Authors and Composers the extension of Artist’s extension of the Artist’s be specifically communicated to the of services, benefits and Step 3: Societies (CISAC) Resale Right for artists Resale Right for artists’ – Artist’s Resale Right royalty Professionalism Membership in a timely manner. In the event that you continue to conference, Rome heirs and beneficiaries heirs and beneficiaries We will provide services activities, ensuring DACS is payments are made DACS will continue to publish and remain dissatisfied with our response of the highest possible genuinely informed and guided – The International Council – Launch of Payback 2008 – DACS Roadshow, London make available its annual report and to to your complaint, please let us know standard. Members by its artistic constituency. for Graphic and Plastic post updates on its work and news on The Creators’ Council shall so that we can refer the matter to Artists and Photographers – Mash Ups opens at – Artist’s Resale Right royalty will receive consistent its website, www.dacs.org.uk. have the power to make our Board of Directors, which will (CIAGP) conference, Tokyo The Kowalsky Gallery payments are made standards of service. recommendations to the Board, investigate the matter further. – DACS Roadshow, Bristol – DACS seminar with Oct which the Board shall be bound At each stage of the complaints Own it, London – Artist’s Resale Right royalty – Simon Black - to consider. payments are made Reflections opens at Opportunities to apply procedure, we will investigate – Copyright Licensing royalty the complaint thoroughly and payments are made The Kowalsky Gallery for a seat on the Board of Be Happy by Eileen Cooper objectively and will respond to you Aug – Payback 2008 © Eileen Cooper 2008. Directors and/or to participate – Artist’s Resale Right royalty – Copyright Licensing royalty All Rights Reserved, DACS in the Creators’ Council will comprehensively within ten working payments are made campaign deadline payments are made be advertised on the DACS days of receiving your complaint. We – Artist’s Resale Right royalty website and brought to the will strive to maintain the standards – Artist’s Resale Right royalty payments are made set out in the complaints procedure. payments are made attention of Members through targeted communications However, in the event that we (such as a newsletter). are unable to respond within the Giant Chickens and timescales we will let you know Wildebeests by Magnus Irvin without delay. © Magnus Irvin 2008. All rights reserved, DACS Welcome 1 Hello and welcome to the DACS Annual Review 2007-08. This last year has seen a number of achievements at DACS, including a record £8.4 million collected for artists through our three services for visual artists: Payback, Copyright Licensing and the Artist’s Resale Right. Read all about it and more, inside. Contents 02 Message from the Chairman 03 Chief Executive’s Report 04 Beyond Royalties 06 Payback 08 Copyright Licensing 11 Artist’s Profile 12 Money Paid to Artists 14 Artist’s Resale Right 16 The Creators’ Council 18 Board of Directors 19 Financial Report 20 Independent Auditors’ Statement 21 Financial Accounts 23 DACS Team 24 Company Information 26 Members’ Charter Message from the Chairman 2 Chief Executive’s Report 3 Yet again DACS is breaking records. In 2007 we Our Artist’s Resale Right recorded our strongest performance in our history – service has gone from we generated £8.4 million on behalf of artists which strength to strength. DACS is an increase of 44% on the previous year. has collected £6.6 million Our three rights management services continue to prosper. Payback remains in the two years that artists DACS is accountable to the many thousands of artists whom it serves. One of our most popular service providing a convenient way for visual creators to in the UK have been entitled the ways in which it exercises this accountability is to hold itself up for scrutiny receive their share of royalties generated through various licensing schemes. to receive the royalty. by the Creators’ Council, the consultative body that represents the interests In 2008, our improved efficiency means that we have been able to reduce our of our members. Last November, the Council gave DACS its first Annual administration charges to visual creators using this service from 25% to 24%.