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Welcome to the Artisjus PC serial number/service tag verification page
What is this page for?

After registration, it allows retailers to track private copying levies payable on portable and desktop personal computers (PCs), while manufacturers and distributors can also send the list of serial numbers or service tags to be registered to Artisjus here.


What is a serial number or service tag?

A serial number (sn, s/n, sn#) or - for some models - a service tag is a combination of digits and letters with a length of 6-22 that uniquely identifies the personal computer. At Artisjus, identifying and tracking royalty payments for personal computers is based on serial numbers or service tags.


Why do private copying levies have to be paid on personal computers?

According to European directives, private copying of music, movies, images, and literary works is allowed, but only if this freedom is balanced by "fair compensation". Hungary – like most European countries – manages this with a flat fee payable after the turnover of blank image and sound carriers, so that Artisjus, HUNGART, EJI, FILMJUS, and MAHASZ can deliver the fee to the authors, performers, and producers of music, movies, and other works.


How is the private copying levy distributed?

Five collective management organizations perform the distribution, each based on its own distribution rules available on its website. The distribution rules are established by the membership of the collective management associations, i.e., the right holders themselves, based on their internal democratic functioning. The five collective management organizations and the groups of right holders they represent are as follows:

  • Artisjus Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights (www.artisjus.hu): composers, lyricists, writers
  • EJI - Association of Association of Arts of Performance (www.eji.hu): performers
  • Filmjus Society for the Protection of Copyright for Authors and Producers of Films (www.filmjus.hu): film authors and film producers
  • Hungart Collective Management Society of Visual Artists (www.hungart.org): fine artists, applied artists, photographers
  • Association of Hungarian Record Companies (www.mahasz.hu): record producers