Abstract
Under current Taiwanese copyright regime, royalty rates are first set by collecting societies. Disagreements on tariffs are referred to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which will in consultation with the Copyright Review and Mediation Committees, IPO decide the case. The decision of the IPO is not final. The dissatisfied party will be able to resort to the judicial system.The operation of this mechanism is characterized by inconvenience and inefficiency for both right holders and users. It is the finding of this study that the Copyright Royalty Board in USA and the Copyright Tribunal in UK, both are equipped with the authority to make decision on copyright tariffs, and are conducive to the development of healthy copyright ecosystem. This study therefore recommends that the Copyright Review and Mediation Committees be entitled to make decision on copyright royalties and to function as a compulsory/mandatory arbitration mechanism