GENERAL MEETING
- The highest authority of the MÜST, has the following power and functions:
- to update the Articles
- to elect or depose directors, supervisors
- to oversee the directors and supervisors in their performance of duties
- to adjust the royalty rate and the Regulations of Royalty Distribution
- to adjust the rate or amount of the management fee, the allocation ratio and amount of the public welfare fund, and the ratio of the handling fee which charges a member/an associate member for the inward distribution from overseas societies
- to revise the specimens of the Musical Work Economic Copyrights Exclusive Management Agreement
- to audit annual operation plans, budget and closing account
- to appoint or remove the Complaint Committee members
- to discharge membership
- to dispose property
- to dissolve the MÜST
- to resolve other issues as related to members’ rights and obligations
- to revise the manners of travel expenses receiving for the Chairman, the directors, the supervisors and the members of the Complaint Committee
BOARD of DIRECTORS
- The MÜST’s execution body
- The number of Directors: Seven Writer Directors and Six Publisher Directors
- The 10th (current) session: elected at the 2022 General Meeting (tenure 2023-2025)
- Chairman: WU, Tsu-Tsu
SUPERVISOR COMMITTEE
- The MÜST’s supervisory body
- The number of Supervisors: Three Writer Supervisors and Two Publisher Supervisors
- The 10th (current) session: elected at the 2022 General Meeting (tenure 2023-2025)
- Standing Supervisor: Peng, Ji-Kang
COMPLAINT COMMITTEE
- Taking charge of the disputes among MÜST, Members, Associate Members, Directors, Supervisors and the working staff
- The number of Complaint Committee Members: Five appointed by the Board of Directors from the MÜST’s members, independent figures in the society, scholars and experts
- The 10th (current) session: appointed by the BOARD of DIRECTORS, submitted to the General Meeting for ratification (tenure 2023-2025)
- Complaint Committee Chairman: Chen, Yu-Zhen
GENERAL MANAGER
- Appointed by the Board of Directors
- Whose duties, responsibilities, and mission shall be subjected to the Articles, including internal management, licensing, promoting the business of the MÜST, and external negotiation
LEGAL and LICENSING
- Responsible for licensing affairs and to institute or defend any legal proceedings for the purpose of protecting the rights of Members
- Legal advisory service for Members
DISTRIBUTION and DOCUMENTATION
- Documenting domestic and foreign works, including music copyright assigning agreements
- Documenting music works in the usage list submitted by the users
- Distributing royalties to members and overseas societies in accordance with the matching results between the work registrations and the usage lists
INFORMATION
- Overall managing and developing information system
ADMINISTRATION
- Overall coordinating of financial income and expenditure
- Responsible for personnel administration and general affairs
- Recruiting songwriters and music publishers to become members
- Entering into and concluding reciprocal agreements with overseas musical copyright associations