List of copyright collection societies

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)

China[]

• Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC)

India[]

• Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO)
• Phonographic Performance Limited India (PPL India)

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  [ja] and e-License in 2016.
•  [ja] (MPN)

Visual arts

•  [ja] (APG-Japan) - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
•  [ja] (JASPAR) - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
•  [ja] (SPDA) - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
•  [ja] (JPCA) - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society.

Videos

•  [ja] (aRma) - Established by  [ja],  [ja],  [ja] (meaning consortium of entertainment performers associations of Japan).
•  [ja] (PRE) - Collects licensing fees of TV programs.

Publications

•  [ja] (JPCA) - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
•  [ja] (JRRC) - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
•  [ja] (RRAC)

Malaysia[]

• - 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)^[1]

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

Zambia[]

• (ZAMCOPS)

Europe[]

• Association of European Performers' Organisations AEPO-ARTIS

Basque Country[]

• EKKI institution for managing authors’ and other rights holders' rights

Belgium[]

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

Croatia[]

• Croatian Composers' Society

Cyprus[]

• PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance

Czech Republic[]

• (Divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura)
• (INTERGRAM, nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově-obrazových záznamů)
• (Ochranná organizace autorská – Sdružení autorů děl výtvarného umění, architektury a obrazové složky audiovizuálních děl)
• (Ochranná asociace zvukařů – autorů)

Denmark[]

•  [da]
• KODA
• Nordisk Copyright Bureau

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 et 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)

Greece[]

•  [el]: Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).

Republic of Ireland[]

• Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

Italy[]

• Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE)

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)

Slovakia[]

• SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)

Sweden[]

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

Switzerland[]

• Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland
•  [de]
• SUISA
•  [de]

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)

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[]

• 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
• AllTrack (AllTrack Performing Rights), a US-based performance right organization
• 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
• (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)

South America[]

Argentina[]

• Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC)

Brazil[]

• Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD)
• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Brasil

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)
• (Audio-Visual Collecting Society Ltd)

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