The Educational Rights Collective of Canada (ERCC) is a non-profit Canadian copyright collective society that administers the Educational Rights Tariff.
Parts of the Copyright Act allow educational institutions to make a single copy of works at the time of their broadcast and use those copies in the classroom without the permission of the copyright owners. To be eligible for these benefits, educational institutions must comply with the Educational Rights Tariff certified by the Copyright Board of Canada, including reporting and paying royalties to ERCC. ERCC collects reports and payments from Canadian educational institutions and distributes these royalties to copyright owners.
Established in 1998, with six founding members, ERCC now has hundreds of affiliated rights holders. They include Canadian and non-Canadian producers, distributors, private and public broadcasters and music rights societies. A listing of the ERCC Officers and Directors is also provided.
The Copyright Board of Canada has designated ERCC as the collective society representing all works that come under the Educational Rights Tariff.
All copyright owners whose works are broadcast and received in Canada are welcome to join ERCC at any time.
