List of copyright collection societies

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)

Christian Video Licensing International

International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO)

International Independent Artists Rights Organisation (iIARO)

International Film and Movie Licensing Authority (IFAMLA)

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)

The Societies' Council for the Collective Management of Performers' Rights (SCAPR)

Azerbaijan

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

China

Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC)

Georgia

International Film and Movie Licensing Authority (IFAMLA)

India

Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO)

Indian Performing Rights Organization (IPRS)

NPPL (public performance rights YRF, UTV, SHEMAROO, BIGNET)

Phonographic Performance Limited (PPO)

Hong Kong

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

Japan

JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers)

NexTone Inc.

Kazakhstan

National Union of Right Holders (NUR)

Malaysia

Motion Picture Licensing Company Malaysia

Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad (RPM)

Music Authors' Copyright Protection (MACP)

Performers & Artistes Rights Malaysia (PRISM)

Public Performance Malaysia (PPM)

Nepal

Music Royalty Collection Society Nepal (MRCSN)

Philippines

Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society (FILCOLS)

Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP)

Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization (FILVADRO)

Performing Rights Society of the Philippines (PRSP)

Sound Recording Rights Society, Inc. (SOUNDSRIGHT)

Russia

International Film and Movie Licensing Authority (IFAMLA)

Russian Authors Society

RAO

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)

Singapore

Christian Copyright Licensing International Singapore

Christian Video Licensing International Singapore

Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS)

Motion Picture Licensing Company Singapore

South Korea

Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)

The Korean Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (KOSCAP)

Recording Industry Association of Korea (RIAK)

Federation of Korean Music Performers (FKMP)

Sri Lanka

International Film and Movie Licensing Authority (IFAMLA)

Taiwan

Association of Recording Copyright Owners (ARCO)

Music Copyright Society of Taipei (MÜST)

Ghana

Audiovisual Rights Society of Ghana (ARSOG)

Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)

Kenya

Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP)

Reproduction Rights Society of Kenya (KOPIKEN)

Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK)

Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK)

Mauritius

Mauritius Society of Authors

Nigeria

Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS)

Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON)

Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria (REPRONIG)

Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd (MCSN)

South Africa

Christian Copyright Licensing International South Africa

Christian Video Licensing International South Africa

Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO)

International Independent Artist Rights Organisation (iIARO)

National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa (NORM)

Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)

Uganda

Uganda Federation for Movie Industry

Uganda Performing Right Society

Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation

Europe

Association of European Performers' Organisations AEPO-ARTIS

Cultural Commons Collecting Society

Soundreef

Austria

Austro Mechana (AuMe)

Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger (AKM)

Motion Picture Licensing Company

Belgium

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

PLAYRIGHT

SIMIM

SOFAM

Bulgaria

PROPHON - non-profit organization for collective management of related music rights - those of phonogram producers and artists

MUSICAUTOR - non-profit organization for collective management of copyrights - those of authors and composers

Croatia

Croatian Composers' Society

ZAMP

Cyprus

PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance

Asteras Collective Rights Management :Musicians, Singers

Czech Republic

OSA - Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním (authors of music and lyrics)

INTERGRAM, nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově obrazových záznamů (music interpreters, audio publishers, audiovisual publishers)

DILIA, divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura (literature, performing arts)

Ochranná organizace autorská-Sdružení autorů děl výtvarného umění, architektury a obrazové složky audiovizuálních děl (fine arts, architecture, visual part of audiovisual works)

GESTOR - ochranný svaz autorský (resales of originals)

Ochranná asociace zvukařů - autorů (sound engineers)

Denmark

Christian Video Licensing International Denmark

Gramex

KODA

Motion Picture Licensing Company Denmark

Nordisk Copyright Bureau

Finland

Kopiosto (Copyright organization for authors, publishers and performing artists, collecting fees for photocopying, radio and TV programmes, extended collective licensing agreements and copyright levies

Teosto (authors and composers of musical works)

Gramex (performers and publishers of musical works)

Kuvasto (arts)

Tuotos (audiovisual works)

Sanasto (literal works)

France

Agence nationale de gestion des oeuvres audiovisuelles (ANGOA)

EXTRA-MEDIA

Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)

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

Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM)

Société pour l'administration du droit de reproduction mécanique des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs (SDRM)

Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques (ADAGP)

Société civile des éditeurs de langue française (SCELF)

Centre français d’exploitation du droit de copie (CFC)

Société des éditeurs et auteurs de musique (SEAM) SEAM

SESAM

SORIMAGE

Société pour l’administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes (ADAMI)

Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes interprètes de la musique et de la danse (SPEDIDAM)

Société pour la perception de la rémunération équitable (SPRE)

Société de la Propriété Artistique et des Dessins et Modèles (SPADEM) - visual artists

Société pour la rémunération de la copie privée sonore (SORECOP)

Société pour la rémunération de la copie privée audiovisuelle (COPIE FRANCE)

Société civile des producteurs associés (SCPA)

Société civile pour l’exploitation des droits des producteurs phonographiques (SCPP)

Société civile des producteurs de phonogrammes en France (SPPF)

Société civile des producteurs de phonogrammes en France (PROCIREP)

Société civile des auteurs, réalisateurs et producteurs (ARP)

Société française des intérêts des auteurs de l’écrit (SOFIA)

Société des auteurs de l’image fixe (SAIF)

Société des auteurs de jeux (SAJE)

Société des arts visuels associés (AVA)

Société des artistes-interprètes (SAI)

La Société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs et Producteurs (L'ARP)

Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing

Germany

Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)

Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH (GVL)

Gesellschaft zur Übernahme und Wahrnehmung von Filmaufführungsrechten mbH (GÜFA)

Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild - Kunst (VG Bild-Kunst)

Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort - Rechtsfähiger Verein kraft Verleihung (VG Wort)

Gesellschaft zur Verwertung der Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte von Medienunternehmen mbH (VG Media)

Verwertungsgesellschaft Musikedition - Rechtsfähiger Verein kraft Verleihung (VG Musikedition)

Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten mbH (VFF)

Verwertungsgesellschaft für Nutzungsrechte an Filmwerken mbH (VGF)

Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten mbH (GWFF)

Urheberrechtschutz Gesellschaft mbH (AGICOA)

Verwertungsgesellschaft Treuhandgesellschaft Werbefilm GmbH (VG TWF)

Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Veranstalterrechten mbH (GWVR)

Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH (C3S) This organization has been founded recently. It aims to start operations in 2016 as a competitor to GEMA.

Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Luxorr Société de gestion et de répartition des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins (Luxembourg Organization For Reproduction Rights Asbl) - Website: www.luxorr.lu & www.lord.lu

Sacem Luxembourg (société des auteurs compositeurs et éditeurs de musique)

Greece

GEA-GRAMMO,ΕΡΑΤΩ,ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ GEA-GRAMMO,ERATO,APOLLON: Producers, Musicians, Singers.

Hungary

Artisjus (music, literature)

EJI (performers)

FilmJUS (movies)

MAHASZ (record producers)

HUNGART (visual artists)

RSZ (reprography)

Iceland

STEF (music) www.stef.is

Smáís (video and video games)

Myndstef (pictures, architects, etc.)

Fjölís (books)

SFH (performers, record producers)

IHM

Republic of Ireland

Christian Copyright Licensing International

Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation (IVARO)

Motion Picture Licensing Company Ireland

Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI)

Italy

Society for the collective administration of Audiovisual Performers’ Rights (ARTISTI 7607)

Institute for the Protection of Performing Artists (IMAE)

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Italy

Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE)

Società Consorzio Fonografici (SCF)

Diritti Artisti (IPAA)

R.A.S.I. Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione (www.reteartistispettacolo.it)

Society collecting compensations of neighbouring rights - ItsRight (www.itsright.it)

Latvia

LaIPA (Latvian performers’ and Producers’ Association)

AKKA/LAA (Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association)

LATREPRO (Latvian Reprographic Rights Organisation)

Lithuania

AVAKA (Lithuanian audiovisual authors and producers rights association)

LATGA (Association LATGA - Lithuanian Copyright Society)

AGATA (AGATA - Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Society)

The Netherlands

Buma/Stemra

SENA

Musicopy

Norma

Norway

Kopinor (books, newspapers, magazines, sheet music, and similar publications)

Motion Picture Licensing Company Norway

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

Gramo (Joint Collecting Society in Norway for Musicians, Performing Artists and Phonogram Producers)

BONO (Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society)

Poland

There are twelve officially recognized copyright collection societies in Poland:

ZAiKS (Polish Society of Authors and Composers)

ZPAV (Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry)

SFP - ZAPA (Polish Filmmakers Association - The Union of Audiovisual Authors and Producers)

STOART (Union of Performing Artists STOART)

SAWP (Polish Association of Performing Artists of Music and Music with Lyrics)

STL (Polish Folk Arts Society)

KOPIPOL (Association of Copyright Collective Administration for Authors of Scientific and Technical Works)

REPROPOL (Publishers Association)

Copyright Polska - SAiW (Association of Authors and Publishers)

ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists and Designers)

ZPAF (Association of Polish Art Photographers)

ZASP (Association of Polish Stage Artists)

Portugal

Motion Picture Licensing Company

Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SAD)

GDA

Audiogest

Romania

Motion Picture Licensing Company Romania

Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society

ORDA

Credidam

UCMR

UCIMR

Slovakia

SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)

Slovenia

Združenje SAZAS

Društvo ZAMP

SAZOR

Zavod IPF

Zavod AIPA

Spain

Asociación De Gestión De Derechos Intelectuales (AGEDI)

Sociedad de Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes de España (AIE)

Artistas Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión (AISGE)

Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos (CEDRO)

Derechos de Autor de Medios Audiovisuales (DAMA)

Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA)

Motion Picture Licensing Company Spain

Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE)

Sweden

COPYSWEDE

Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (Swedish Performing Rights Society) (STIM)

Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors

Switzerland

Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland

ProLitteris (de)

Société Suisse des Auteurs SSA

SUISA

SUISSIMAGE

PSwissperform (de)

Ukraine

International Film and Movie Licensing Authority (IFAMLA)

Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights (UACRR)

United Kingdom

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)

Artists' Collecting Society (ACS)

Broadcasting Data Services (BDS)

British Equity Collecting Society (BECS)

Christian Copyright Licensing International, United Kingdom

Christian Video 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)

Educational Recording Agency (ERA)

Mechanical Copyright Protection Society of Great Britain

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)

Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)

Open University Worldwide (OUW)

PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance

Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)

Publishers Licensing Society (PLS)

Video Performance Limited (VPL)

Canada

Access Copyright – The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (formerly CanCopy)

Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists Performers' Rights Society (ACTRA)

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)

Audio-Video Licensing Agency (AVLA)

Border Broadcasters' Inc. (BBI)

Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)

Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency (CBRA)

Canadian Musical Reproduction Agency Ltd. (CMRRA)

Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC)

Canadian Retransmission Collective (CRC)

Canadian Retransmission Right Association (CRCC)

Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society (CSCS)

Copyright Collective of Canada (CCC)

Directors Rights Collective of Canada (DRCC)

Direct Response Television Collective (DRTVC)

Educational Rights Collective of Canada (ERCC)

FWS Joint Sports Claimants (FWS)

Major League Baseball Collective of Canada Inc. (MLB)

Musicians' Rights Organization Canada (MROC)

Producers Audiovisual Collective of Canada (PACC)

Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada)

Re:Sound Music Licensing Company

Société civile des auteurs multimedia (SCAM)

Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et vidéogrammes du Québec (SOPROQ)

Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)

Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada (SODRAC)

Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

Société québécoise de gestion collective des droit de reproduction (COPIBEC)

Société québécoise des auteur dramatiques (SoQAD)

Caribbean

Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO)

Copyright Organisation of Trinidad & Tobago (COTT)

Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Incorporated (COSCAP)

Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS)

Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Limited (JACAP)

Mexico

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Mexico

SACM (Sociedad De Autores y Compositores De Mexico)

United States

AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund

Artists Rights Society of New York (ARS)

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

BMI, the Broadcast Music Inc.

Christian Copyright Licensing International

Christian Video Licensing International

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)

SESAC, a US-based performance rights association

SoundExchange, a performance rights association

VAGA, a visual artists collecting society

ACEMLA, Asociacion de Compositores y Editores de Musica Latinoamericana, formerly SPACEM, a P.R.O. in Puerto Rico

South America

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America

Argentina

Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes (AADI)

Sociedad General de Autores de la Argentina (ArgenTores)

Centro de Administración de Derechos Reprográficos de la República Argentina (CADRA)

Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC)

Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (CAPIF)

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America

Sociedad Argentina de Autores Fotográficos (SADAFO)

Sociedad Argentina de Actores e Intérpretes (SAGAI)

Brazil

Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD)

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Brasil

Chile

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South Chile

Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor (SCD)

Colombia

Asociación Colombiana de Intérpretes y Productores Fonográficos (ACINPRO)

Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia (SAYCO)

Peru

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America

Armenia

ARMAUTHOR

Israel

ACUM (performance rights society, representing authors, composers, lyricists, poets, arrangers and music publishers)

ESHKOLOT representing performers.

Tali Rights, the Israeli Scriptwriters & Directors Collecting society.

Turkey

Musical Work Owners Group (MSG)

Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birligi (MESAM)

Turkish Phonographic Industry Society (MÜ-YAP)

Müzik Yorumcuları Birliği (MÜYORBİR)

Australasia

Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)

Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)

Christian Video Licensing International

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

Australia

Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society (ASDACS)

Australian Writers Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS)

Christian Video Licensing International Australia

Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)

Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA)

Screenrights: The Audio Visual Copyright Society (Audio-Visual Collecting Society Ltd)

VISCOPY Australia

Fiji

Fiji Performing Rights Association

New Zealand

Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ)

Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) New Zealand

Christian Video Licensing International New Zealand

PPNZ Music Licensing

APRA New Zealand