This category pertains to creators such as authors, composers and musical arrangers.
According to the Statutes, “Member” means a person or legal entity satisfying the criteria for membership whose work is exploited and generates economic rights exceeding rupees 50,000.
‘Associate member” means a person who is a copyright owner in respect of a work satisfying the criteria for membership but who has deposited a work which had not yet generated economic rights up to rupees 50,000.
Number of members: 323
Number of associate-members: 3837
Literary
Creators such as book writers and poems or similar creations are registered under this category.
Number of members: 41
Number of associate-members: 666
Other Works
Creators in the field of visual arts, photography, software, audio-visual and gens-de-scene amongst others, are registered under this category.
Number of members: 29
Number of associate-members: 597
Audio-visual and Theatrical
Creators in the field on audio-visual works and gens de scène, are registered under this category.
Number of members: 25
publisher
A publisher is defined in the membership rules as a person or a company whose business is making works available to the public in Mauritius.