Student payment of the Kopinor fee

Every year NHH has to pay a fee of 376,42 kroner per student to an association called Kopinor. This association makes collective agreements on copying and digital use of copyright protected works. In 2009 NHH has around 3000 students, which means that the total fee paid to Kopinor is 1,1 million kroner. Until now the fee has been partly covered in the price for compendiums, but from spring semester 2010 the students will be charged this extra fee directly due to a very tight economy at NHH. The invoice for the spring semester will therefore consist of the regular semester fee in addition to the extra Kopinor fee of 190 kroner. As a result the prices on the compendiums will be reduces accordingly with around 50 %.