List of copyright collection societies
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]- Dirección Nacional de Derechos de Autor (DNDA)
- Sociedad de Autores y Compositores (SAYCO)
- Asociación Colombiana de Interpretes y Productores (ACIMPRO)
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".