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Coöperatieve vennootschap, die voor Belgische auteurs en uitgevers de kopierrechten int en verdeelt. Over de organisatie en de inning.
Belgium
I have the same experience as many of the other reviewers in this section. REPROBEL / bizili is a TOTAL SCAM! It's unbelievable that they can be allowed to get away with this and send threatening letters, especially when the "service" they offer is not necessary. Report them to the police and the authorities, because they are NOT legitimate and you DO NOT have to do anything they claim in their letter.
Reprobel is a scam, they have been continuously sending letters threatening with legal obligations: If I don’t affiliate and pay, I will receive legal sanctions. I have contacted them after their 1st letter, having asked a number of questions, they quickly closed my file without any answers.
Recently I got a new letter from them, threatening that I must declare the legal obligation and pay before 15th December, otherwise I risk to be inspected. I decided to come to their office in Brussels, located in Tour&Taxis, no one there, completely dark, door locked, no one answered door.
I am going to report them to Belgian police and fraud control authorities to prevent more people falling into their trap.
If the letter from a company starts with “this is not a scam”… then usually it is. This is Reprobel aka bizili
This company seems to contact all freelancers (very small companies) listed in the Belgian KBO and then demand money from them. Reprobel presume a small company will rather pay them than get a lawyer. Legal protection insurance is probably cheaper than paying them an annual fee to go away: But they do not go away and keep asking for money every year.
They ask companies to pay circa €35-€50 depending on your presumed use of copyrighted material, which likely includes the browser cache on your computer such as if you read a news website like VRT, or even visit a Belgian public website etc. Of course, probably a scam.
If you log in with the username and password they sent you, then they have got an audit trail, and will ask for money.
They claim they are working on behalf of the government and their letter lists all the statues that gives them a right to audit a company. Except it is not true.
Anybody can register a domain name, company, and send out 100s of thousands of letters. The police should contact them instead.
A fraudulent website attempting to extort money in a bizarre way. Domain name holder details have been falsified.
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