Collection Societies
UK
Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS)
British Equity Collecting Society (BECS)
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)
Open University Worldwide (OUW)
PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS)
USA
AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) – Recommended
BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) – Recommended
Christian Copyright Licensing International
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
SESAC, a US-based performance rights association – Recommended
SoundExchange, a performance rights association – Recommended
Ghana
Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)
Kenya
Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP)
Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK)
Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK)
Nigeria
Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS)
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON)
Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd (MCSN)
South Africa
Composers Authors and Publishers Association (CAPASSO)
Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)
The Recording Industry Of South Africa (RISA)
South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA)
Uganda
Uganda Performing Right Society
Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation
Tanzania
Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA)
Asia
Azerbaijan
Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic (Azərbaycan Respublikası Müəllif Hüquqları Agentliyi)
China
Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC)
Indonesia
India
Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO)
Indian Performing Rights Organization (IPRS)
Phonographic Performance Limited India (PPL India)
Hong Kong
Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (CASH)
Japan
Music
NexTone Inc. – Merged between Japan Rights Clearance Inc.and e-License in 2016.
Kazakhstan
National Union of Right Holders (NUR)
Malaysia
Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad (RPM)
Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP)
Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PPM)
Nepal
- Music Royalty Collection Society Nepal (MRCSN)
- Performers’ Society of Nepal (PSN)
- Music Producers’ Society of Nepal (MPSN)
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
Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS (Collective society related rights)
Singapore
Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS)
Motion Picture Licensing Company Singapore
South Korea
Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)
Recording Industry Association of Korea (RIAK)
Federation of Korean Music Performers (FKMP)
Taiwan
Association of Recording Copyright Owners (ARCO)
Music Copyright Society of Taipei (MÜST)
Europe
Association of European Performers’ Organisations AEPO-ARTIS
Austria
Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger (AKM)
Vervielfältigungs- und Verbreitungsrechte auf Ton- und Bildtonträgern (AustroMechana – AuMe)
Interpreten und Produzenten von Tonträgern und Musikvideos (LSG)
Rechte der bildenden Künstler, Fotografen und Choreografen (Bildrecht)
Rechte und Ansprüche der Filmschaffenden (VDFS)
Belgium
Société d’Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij (SABAM)
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance
CNR- Cyprus Neighbouring Management: Musicians, Singers.
Czech Republic
OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním (authors of music and lyrics)
GESTOR – ochranný svaz autorský (resales of originals)
Ochranná asociace zvukařů – autorů (sound engineers)
Denmark
VISDA (former Copydan) Visuelle Rettigheder i Danmark. Image rights and licensing.
Christian Video Licensing International Denmark
Motion Picture Licensing Company Denmark
Nordisk Copyright Bureau – Recommended
Estonia
EAÜ (authors and composers of musical works) – Recommended
EEL (performers of musical works)
Finland
Teosto (authors and composers of musical works)
Gramex (performers and publishers of musical works)
France
Agence nationale de gestion des oeuvres audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)
Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) – Recommended
Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM)
Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques (ADAGP)
Société des éditeurs et auteurs de musique (SEAM)
Société pour l’administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes (ADAMI)
Société pour la perception de la rémunération équitable (SPRE)
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)
Germany
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) – Recommended
Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH (GVL)
Gesellschaft zur Übernahme und Wahrnehmung von Filmaufführungsrechten mbH (GÜFA)
Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort – Rechtsfähiger Verein kraft Verleihung (VG Wort)
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 Veranstalterrechten mbH (GWVR)
Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH (Planned – not in use yet)
Greece
GEA-GRAMMO, ERATO, APOLLON: Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).
Hungary
Iceland
SFH (performers, record producers)
Republic of Ireland
Christian Copyright Licensing International
Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)
Motion Picture Licensing Company Ireland
Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI)
Italy
Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE)
Società Consorzio Fonografici (SCF)
R.A.S.I. Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione
Society collecting compensations of neighbouring rights
Latvia
LaIPA (Latvian performers’ and Producers’ Association)
AKKA/LAA (Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association)
Lithuania
LATGA (Association LATGA – Lithuanian Copyright Society)
AGATA (AGATA – Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Society)
Luxembourg
Sacem Luxembourg (société des auteurs compositeurs et éditeurs de musique)
The Netherlands
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)
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)
SAWP (Polish Association of Performing Artists of Music and Music with Lyrics)
Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SAD)
Romania
Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society
Slovakia
SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)
Slovenia
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
Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå (Stim) (Swedish Performing Rights Society)
Switzerland
Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland
Société Suisse des Auteurs SSA
Ukraine
Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights (UACRR)
Armenia
Egypt
Society of Authors Composers and Music Publishers of the Republic of Egypt
Israel
ESHKOLOT representing performers
Tali Rights, the Israeli Screenwriters & Directors Collecting society
EILAM, Israeli Musicians’ Collecting Society representing performing musicians and conductors
Turkey
Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birligi (MESAM)
Turkish Phonographic Industry Society (MÜ-YAP)
Müzik Yorumcuları Birliği (MÜYORBİR)
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)
Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd (CMRRA Ltd)
Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC)
Musicians’ Rights Organization Canada (MROC)
Re:Sound Music Licensing Company
Société civile des auteurs multimedia (SCAM)
Société de gestion collective de l’Union des artistes (ARTISTI)
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Caribbean
Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO)
Copyright Organisation of Trinidad & Tobago (COTT)
The Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Collection Organisation (TTCO)
Argentina
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
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)
Asociación Nacional de Autores e Intérpretes de la Canción Colombiana (ANAICOL)
Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia (SAYCO)
Peru
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America
Mexico
SACM (Sociedad De Autores y Compositores De Mexico)
Australasia
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
Australia
Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society (ASDACS)
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)
Fiji
Fiji Performing Rights Association