Copyright Royalty Charges
| License Scheme | Copyright Royalty Charge for Photocopying Licence (HK$) | Copyright Royalty Charge for Scanning cum Photocopying Licence (HK$) | ||
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| 1 | Educational establishments |
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Primary schools |
$8,500 / school / annum |
$13,601 / school / annum |
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Secondary schools |
$22,595 / school / annum |
$36,152 / school / annum |
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Special schools |
$4,251 / school / annum |
$6,801 / school / annum |
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Colleges of further education |
$108 / person / annum |
$173 / person / annum |
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Course packs production |
$1.23 / page* |
$1.97 / page |
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| 2 | Government departments or |
$1.14 / page |
$1.83/ page |
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| 3 | Businesses in the following |
(a) Businesses with up to 25 |
(a) Businesses with up to 25 Employees: A minimum fee of $2,720 / |
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(b) Businesses with 26 to 50 |
(b) Businesses with 26 to 50 Employees: |
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(c) Businesses with 51 or more Employees: |
(c) Businesses with 51 or |
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An additional fee of $330 / |
An additional fee of $544 / annum for each Reader and |
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| 4 | News monitoring services organizations |
$1.84 / page |
N/A |
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| 5 | Associations |
$1.09 / page |
N/A |
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| 6 | Libraries |
$1.09 / page |
N/A |
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| 7 | Copy shops |
$1.09 / page |
N/A |
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| 8 | Other transactional licences |
Any charges set by copyright |
Any charges set by |
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| 9 | For-profit educational |
$2.15 / page annual fee $9,317 |
N/A |
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* also applies to Scanning |
HKRRLS Copyright Royalty Charges (Effective 4th January 2026)