The Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS (Russian: Всероссийская организация интеллектуальной собственности, ВОИС) is the collective management society for neighboring rights of Russian performers and labels, established in 2008.
| Abbreviation | VOIS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Location | |
Official language | russian |
General Director | Andrey Krichevsky |
| Website | http://rosvois.ru/ |
In 2009 Rosohrankultura (the Ministry of Culture Department) accredited VOIS as the sole society to collect and distribute remuneration for related rights owners within the territory of the Russian Federation.[1]
In everyday activity VOIS concludes contracts with music users both in public sphere and broadcasting.
The main goals of VOIS are:
- To collect the remuneration
- To distribute the remuneration between Russian and foreign right-holders (according with bilateral agreements with foreign collective societies)
- To represent Russian related rightholders abroad
Total amount of collected remuneration in 2012 reached about 531,7 mln. Rub.[2]