This is a list of international and national copyright collection societies and companies, also called "copyright collectives".
Global edit
- 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 edit
Azerbaijan edit
- Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic (Azərbaycan Respublikası Müəllif Hüquqları Agentliyi)
China edit
India edit
- 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)
Hong Kong edit
- Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (CASH)
Japan edit
- Music
- Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) - Largest CMO in Japanese music industries.
- NexTone Inc. - Merged between Japan Rights Clearance Inc. and e-License in 2016.
- Music People's Nest (MPN)
- Visual arts
- Japan Art, Photograph and Graphic Art Copyright Organization (APG-Japan) - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
- Japanese Society for Protecting Artists' Rights (JASPAR) - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
- Société pour la Protection des Droits Artistiques (SPDA) - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
- Japan Photographic Copyright Association (JPCA) - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society.
- Videos
- audiovisual Rights management association (aRma) - Established by Japan Association of Music Enterprises, Federation of Music Producers Japan, Geidankyo (meaning consortium of entertainment performers associations of Japan).
- Performers' Rights Entrustment (PRE) - Collects licensing fees of TV programs.
- Publications
- Japan Publishing Copyright Association (JPCA) - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
- Japan Reproduction Rights Center (JRRC) - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
- Rental Rights Administration Center for Publications (RRAC)
Malaysia edit
- 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 edit
Russia edit
- 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 edit
Africa edit
Ghana edit
- Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)
Kenya edit
South Africa edit
Uganda edit
Zambia edit
Europe edit
Austria edit
- AKM: Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger (English: Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers).
Basque Country edit
- EKKI institution for managing authors' and other rights holders' rights
Belgium edit
Bulgaria edit
- Musicautor
Croatia edit
Cyprus edit
- PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance
Czech Republic edit
- DILIA (Divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura)
- Ochranný svaz autorský (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z.s.)
- INTERGRAM (INTERGRAM, nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově-obrazových záznamů)
- OOA-S (Ochranná organizace autorská – Sdružení autorů děl výtvarného umění, architektury a obrazové složky audiovizuálních děl)
- OAZA (Ochranná asociace zvukařů – autorů)
Denmark edit
Finland edit
- Teosto (authors and composers of musical works)
France edit
- Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)
- Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) English: Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Editors
- Société de la Propriété Artistique des Dessins et Modèles (SPADEM), visual artists - defunct
- Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques (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 edit
- 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)
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst – Artists, Photographers und Filmmakers.
- VG Wort – Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (English: Collecting Society Wort).
- Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten – GVL (Performing artists, Producers of sound recordings).
Greece edit
- GEA-GRAMMO, ERATO, APOLLON: Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).
Republic of Ireland edit
Italy edit
- Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE) (English: Italian Society of Authors and Publishers).
- Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione (RASI) (English: Italian Society of Artists and Performers). www.reteartistispettacolo.it
The Netherlands edit
Norway edit
- TONO (Copyright collective for authors and composers of musical works)
Poland edit
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 edit
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA) English: Portuguese Society of Authors
Slovenia edit
- AIPA - Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Producers of Audiovisual Works in Slovenia
- IPF - Collective Management of the Rights of Performers and Phonogram Producers in Slovenia
- SAZAS - Collective Management Society for Musical Authors' Rights in Slovenia
Slovakia edit
- SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)
Spain edit
- SGAE: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (English: General Society of Authors and Editors).
Sweden edit
- Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (STIM) (English: Swedish Performing Rights Society).
- IFPI Sweden - International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Swedish Society of Music Companies)
Switzerland edit
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland
- ProLitteris
- SUISA – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke (English: Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works).
- Swissperform
Ukraine edit
United Kingdom edit
- 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)
Middle East edit
Israel edit
- 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 edit
- Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birliği (MESAM)
- Müzik Yorumcuları Birliği (MÜYORBİR)
Lebanon edit
North America edit
Canada edit
- 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 edit
- AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
- 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.[2]
- 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 edit
Argentina edit
- Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC)
- Sociedad Argentina de Gestión de Actores Intérpretes (SAGAI)
Brazil edit
Chile edit
Uruguay edit
Colombia edit
Oceania edit
Australasia edit
- Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
Australia edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Yim Seung-hye (July 28, 2015). "Divided royalties enrage musicians". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Music Licensing Modernization | U.S. Copyright Office".