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)
Jordan MusicNation
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)
United Arab Emirates MusicNation
Vietnam Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC)
Africa
Chad Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing
Ghana Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)
Kenya Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK)
South Africa Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) 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) Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Grubu Meslek Birliği (MSG)
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 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)
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