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List of copyright collection societies

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This is a list of international and national copyright collection societies and companies, also called "copyright collectives".

Global

  • Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA)
  • Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique (BIEM)
  • Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)
  • International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
  • International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
  • Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)

Asia

Azerbaijan

  • Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic (Azərbaycan Respublikası Müəllif Hüquqları Agentliyi)

Brunei

  • Bruneian Authors & Composers (BEAT) Berhad

China

  • Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC)

India

  • Cinefil Producers Performance Limited
  • Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO)
  • Recorded Music Performance Ltd (RMPL)
  • Indian Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS)
  • Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL India)

Indonesia

  • Wahana Musik Indonesia (WAMI)

Hong Kong

  • Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (CASH)

Japan

; Music

  • Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) - Largest CMO in Japanese music industries.
  • NexTone Inc. - Merged between and e-License in 2016.
  • (MPN) ; Visual arts
  • (APG-Japan) - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
  • (JASPAR) - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
  • (SPDA) - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
  • (JPCA) - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society. ; Videos
  • (aRma) - Established by , , (meaning consortium of entertainment performers associations of Japan).
  • (PRE) - Collects licensing fees of TV programs. ; Publications
  • (JPCA) - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
  • (JRRC) - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
  • (RRAC)

Malaysia

  • Public Performance Malaysia (PPM) - A not-for-profit Collective Management Organization (CMO), represents all eligible Malaysian recording companies and international recording companies who have exclusively licensed PPM members to control their rights in Malaysia.

Philippines

  • Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP)

Russia

  • Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS (Collective society related rights)
  • Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems (ROMS, or POMC in Russian; aka Russian Multimedia and Internet Society)
  • Russian Author's Society (RAO)

South Korea

  • Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)

Thailand

  • Music Copyright Thailand (MCT)

Vietnam

  • Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC)

Africa

Ghana

  • Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)

Kenya

  • Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK)

South Africa

  • Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)

Uganda

  • Uganda Performing Right Society

SOMALILAND

  • [MUSIC Copyright PRODUCTION SOCIETY (MCPS)
  • [[Haatuf And Intero Music Production Society (HIMPS)

Europe

  • [Association of European Performers' Organisations AEPO-ARTIS
  • https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/collective-rights-management-directive-publication-collective-management-organisations-and

Austria

  • Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (AKM) – ()

Basque Country (Spain)

  • Euskal Egileen Eskubideen Kudeaketa Elkartea (EKKI) – ()

Belgium

  • Société d'Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij (SABAM) – ()

Bulgaria

  • Музикаутор (MUSICAUTOR) – ()

Croatia

  • Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja (HDS) – ()

Cyprus

  • PRS for Music (PRS) – formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance

Czech Republic

  • Divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura (DILIA) – ()
  • Ochranný svaz autorský (OSA), (GESTOR) – (), (the Union for the Protection of Authorship of Czech Republic)
  • nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově-obrazových záznamů (INTERGRAM) – ()
  • Ochranná organizace autorská – Sdružení autorů (OOA-S) – ()
  • Ochranná asociace zvukařů – autorů (OAZA) – ()

Denmark

  • KODA
  • Nordisk Copyright Bureau

Estonia

  • Eesti Autorite Ühing (EAÜ)

Finland

  • Teosto (authors and composers of musical works)

France

  • Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)
  • Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM)
  • Société de la Propriété Artistique des Dessins et Modèles (SPADEM), visual artists - defunct
  • (ADAGP), visual artists
  • Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing
  • Organisme de gestion collective des droits des artistes-interprètes (ADAMI), for performers
  • Société de Perception et de Distribution des Droits des Artistes-Interprètes (SPEDIDAM), for performers

Germany

  • Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)

  • Gesellschaft zur Übernahme und Wahrnehmung von Filmaufführungsrechten mbH (GÜFA)

  • Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH (C3S) (planned)

  • – Artists, Photographers und Filmmakers.

  • VG Wort – Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort ().

  • Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten – GVL (Performing artists, Producers of sound recordings).

Greece

  • : Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).

Republic of Ireland

  • Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

Italy

  • Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE) ().
  • Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione (RASI) (). www.reteartistispettacolo.it

Lithuania

  • Gretutinių teisių asociacija GRETA [Association of related rights]

The Netherlands

  • Buma/Stemra

Norway

  • TONO (Copyright collective for authors and composers of musical works)

Poland

There are fourteen officially recognized copyright collection societies in Poland, among them:

  • ZAiKS (Polish Society of Authors and Composers)
  • ZPAV (Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry)
  • ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists and Designers)
  • SARP (Association of Polish Architects)

Portugal

  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA)

Slovenia

  • AIPA -
  • IPF -
  • SAZAS -

Slovakia

  • SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)

Spain

  • SGAE: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores ().

Sweden

  • Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (STIM) (English: Swedish Performing Rights Society).
  • IFPI Sweden - International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Swedish Society of Music Companies)

Switzerland

  • Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland
  • SUISA – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke ().

Ukraine

  • Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights (UACRR)

United Kingdom

  • Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
  • Artists' Collecting Society (ACS)
  • Christian Copyright Licensing International, United Kingdom
  • Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
  • Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
  • Directors UK (D-UK), formerly the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (DPRS)
  • Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
  • Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
  • PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance
  • Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
  • Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS)
  • Picture Industry Collecting Society for Effective Licensing (PICSEL)

Middle East

Israel

  • Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel (ACUM) (performance rights society, representing authors, poets, lyricists, composers, arrangers, and music publishers)
  • Tali Rights, the Israeli Scriptwriters & Directors Collecting society

Turkey

  • Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birliği (MESAM)
  • Müzik Yorumcuları Birliği (MÜYORBİR)

Lebanon

  • Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM)

North America

Canada

  • Access Copyright – The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (formerly CanCopy)
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
  • Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)
  • Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd (CMRRA Ltd)
  • Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC)
  • Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada)
  • Re:Sound Music Licensing Company
  • Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)
  • Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

United States

  • AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
  • [Https://indrmusicassocation.ltd.com/ International Distribution Rights of Administration (rechanged to INDR Music Institute Association)] Manage PROs & CMOs acting as an Independent Consultant
  • AllTrack (AllTrack Performing Rights), a US-based performance right organization
  • American Society for Collective Rights Licensing (ASCRL)(Visual Materials)
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
  • Artists Rights Society
  • BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.)
  • Christian Copyright Licensing International
  • Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
  • Harry Fox Agency, a US-based music rights agency for reproduction rights
  • Mechanical Licensing Collective (the MLC), the US based mechanical rights organization designated by the US Copyright Office.
  • Music Reports, a US-based music rights licensing company
  • Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
  • SESAC, a US-based performance rights association
  • SoundExchange, a digital performance rights association (non-interactive radio)
  • Pro Music Rights, a US-based performance rights association

South America

Argentina

  • Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC)
  • Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes (SAGAI)

Brazil

  • Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD)
  • Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Brasil
  • Associação Brasileira de Música e Artes (ABRAMUS)
  • Sociedade Brasileira de Autores, Compositores e Escritores de Músic (SBACEM)
  • Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Proteção de Direitos Intelectuais (SOCINPRO)
  • União Brasileira de Compositores (UBC)
  • Associação_de_Músicos,_Arranjadores_e_Regentes (AMAR)
  • Associação de Intérpretes e Músicos (ASSIM)
  • Sociedade Independente de Compositores e Autores Musicais (SICAM)

Chile

  • Sociedad Chilena de Derechos de Autor (SCD)

Uruguay

  • Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay (AGADU)

Colombia

  • Dirección Nacional de Derechos de Autor (DNDA)
  • Sociedad de Autores y Compositores (SAYCO)
  • Asociación Colombiana de Interpretes y Productores (ACIMPRO)

Oceania

Australasia

  • Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
  • Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)

Australia

  • Australian Writers Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS)
  • Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
  • Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA)
  • Screenrights: The Audio Visual Copyright Society (Audio-Visual Collecting Society Ltd)

References

References

  1. Yim Seung-hye. (July 28, 2015). "Divided royalties enrage musicians". [[Korea JoongAng Daily]].
  2. "Music Licensing Modernization {{pipe".
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