Example image reproduction

A producer of art prints sells a poster featuring a copyright work of visual art from the ProLitteris repertoire for CHF 30. The print run is 500 copies. 

Authors’ rights royalties = 12% of the
retail sales price x number of copies
CHF 15,000 (CHF 30 x 500) x 12% (Payment to ProLitteris)
CHF
1,800

Calculation of the distribution amount for the author (in accordance with the distribution regulations)

Deduction for administrative costs 10% CHF
180
Deduction for culture and social welfare (ProLitteris Welfare
Foundation, ProLitteris Cultural Foundation) 10%
CHF
180
Total distribution amount to the rightful artist CHF
1,440

Laura Chaignat

(presenter, producer, writer, actress, comedian) "As simple as it is, and yet so essential, SSA enables me to exist as an author – in the eyes of my employers, society and the law.What I love about SSA is that it operates on the basis of trust and reciprocity, and its system of solidarity amongst the members.
Without SSA’s grant to support my first production, I would surely never have staged one at all."

Photo: © Nathan Hausermann