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
- Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Christian Video Licensing International
- International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
- International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
- International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
- International Independent Artists Rights Organisation
- International Film and Movie Licensing Authority
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
- The Societies' Council for the Collective Management of Performers' Rights
Asia
Azerbaijan
- Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic
China
- Music Copyright Society of China
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Indonesia
- Wahana Musik Indonesia
India
- Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation
- Indian Performing Rights Organization
- Phonographic Performance Limited India
- Phonographic Digital Limited
Hong Kong
- Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd.
Japan
- Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers - Largest CMO in Japanese music industries.
- - Merged between and e-License in 2016.
- - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
- - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
- - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
- - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society.
- - Established by,, .
- - Collects licensing fees of TV programs.
- - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
- - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
Kazakhstan
- National Union of Right Holders
Malaysia
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Malaysia
- Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad
- Music Authors' Copyright Protection
- Performers & Artistes Rights Malaysia
- Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd
- Music Rights Sabah Berhad
Mongolia
- Mongolian Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Nepal
- Music Royalty Collection Society Nepal
- Performers' Society of Nepal
- Music Producers' Society of Nepal
Philippines
- Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society
- Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization
- Performing Rights Society of the Philippines
- Sound Recording Rights Society, Inc.
Russia
- International Film and Movie Licensing Authority
- Russian Authors Society
- Russian Organization for Intellectual Property VOIS
- Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems
Singapore
- Christian Copyright Licensing International Singapore
- Christian Video Licensing International Singapore
- Composers and Authors Society of Singapore
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Singapore
South Korea
- Korea Music Copyright Association
- The Korean Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Recording Industry Association of Korea
- Federation of Korean Music Performers
Sri Lanka
- Author Composers & Publishers Organization of Sri Lanka
- International Film and Movie Licensing Authority
Taiwan
- Association of Recording Copyright Owners
- Music Copyright Society of Taipei
Thailand
- Music Copyright Ltd
- Phonorights
- MCT-Phonorights Company Limited
Africa
Ghana
- Audiovisual Rights Society of Ghana
- Ghana Music Rights Organization
Kenya
- Kenya Association of Music Producers
- Reproduction Rights Society of Kenya
- Music Copyright Society of Kenya
- Performers Rights Society of Kenya
Mauritius
- Mauritius Society of Authors
Nigeria
- Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria
- Copyright Society of Nigeria
- Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria
- Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd
South Africa
- Christian Copyright Licensing International South Africa
- Christian Video Licensing International South Africa
- Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation
- International Independent Artist Rights Organisation
- Composers Authors and Publishers Association
- Southern African Music Rights Organisation
- The Recording Industry Of South Africa
- South African Music Performance Rights Association
Uganda
- Uganda Federation for Movie Industry
- Uganda Performing Right Society
- Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation
Tanzania
- Copyright Society of Tanzania
- National Arts Council, Tanzania
Europe
- Association of European Performers' Organisations AEPO-ARTIS
- Soundreef
- Faded Media
Austria
- Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger
- Vervielfältigungs- und Verbreitungsrechte auf Ton- und Bildtonträgern
- Interpreten und Produzenten von Tonträgern und Musikvideos
- Literar-Mechana
- Motion Picture Licensing Company
- Rechte der bildenden Künstler, Fotografen und Choreografen
- Rechte und Ansprüche der Filmschaffenden
- Rechte und Ansprüche der Rundfunkunternehmer
Belgium
- Société d'Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij
- 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
- - Cyprus Neighbouring Management: Musicians, Singers.
Czech Republic
- OSA - Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním
- INTERGRAM, nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově obrazových záznamů
- DILIA, divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura
- Ochranná organizace autorská-Sdružení autorů děl výtvarného umění, architektury a obrazové složky audiovizuálních děl
- GESTOR - ochranný svaz autorský
- Ochranná asociace zvukařů - autorů
Denmark
- VISDA Visuelle Rettigheder i Danmark. Image rights and licensing.
- Christian Video Licensing International Denmark
- KODA
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Denmark
- Nordisk Copyright Bureau
Estonia
- EAÜ
- EFÜ
- EEL
Finland
- Kopiosto
- Teosto
- Gramex
- Kuvasto
- Tuotos
- Sanasto
France
- Agence nationale de gestion des oeuvres audiovisuelles
- EXTRA-MEDIA
- Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques
- Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique
- Société civile des auteurs multimédia
- Société pour l'administration du droit de reproduction mécanique des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs
- Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques
- Société civile des éditeurs de langue française
- Centre français d’exploitation du droit de copie
- Société des éditeurs et auteurs de musique SEAM
- SESAM
- SORIMAGE
- Société pour l’administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes
- Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes interprètes de la musique et de la danse
- Société pour la perception de la rémunération équitable
- Société de la Propriété Artistique et des Dessins et Modèles - visual artists
- Société pour la rémunération de la copie privée sonore
- Société pour la rémunération de la copie privée audiovisuelle
- Société civile des producteurs associés
- Société civile pour l’exploitation des droits des producteurs phonographiques
- Société civile des producteurs de phonogrammes en France
- Société civile des producteurs de phonogrammes en France
- Société civile des auteurs, réalisateurs et producteurs
- Société française des intérêts des auteurs de l’écrit
- Société des auteurs de l’image fixe
- Société des auteurs de jeux
- Société des arts visuels associés
- Société des artistes-interprètes
- La Société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs et Producteurs
- Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing
Germany
- Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
- Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH
- Gesellschaft zur Übernahme und Wahrnehmung von Filmaufführungsrechten mbH
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild - Kunst
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort - Rechtsfähiger Verein kraft Verleihung
- Gesellschaft zur Verwertung der Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte von Medienunternehmen mbH
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Musikedition - Rechtsfähiger Verein kraft Verleihung
- Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten mbH
- Verwertungsgesellschaft für Nutzungsrechte an Filmwerken mbH
- Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten mbH
- Urheberrechtschutz Gesellschaft mbH
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Treuhandgesellschaft Werbefilm GmbH
- Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Veranstalterrechten mbH
- Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH
Greece
- Autodia Collective Management Society: Songwriters, Music Composers
- : Producers, Musicians, Singers.
Hungary
- Artisjus
- EJI
- FilmJUS
- MAHASZ
- HUNGART
- RSZ
Iceland
- STEF www.stef.is
- Smáís
- Myndstef
- Fjölís
- SFH
- IHM
Republic of Ireland
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Irish Music Rights Organisation
- Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Ireland
- Phonographic Performance Ireland
Italy
- New Institute for the Protection of Performing Artists Rights
- Society for the collective administration of Audiovisual Performers’ Rights
- Institute for the Protection of Performing Artists
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Italy
- Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori
- Società Consorzio Fonografici
- Diritti Artisti
- R.A.S.I. Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione
- Society collecting compensations of neighbouring rights - ItsRight
- Soundreef
Latvia
- LaIPA
- AKKA/LAA
- LATREPRO
Lithuania
- AVAKA
- LATGA
- AGATA
Luxembourg
- Luxorr Société de gestion et de répartition des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins - Website: www.luxorr.lu & www.lord.lu
- Sacem Luxembourg
The Netherlands
- Buma/Stemra
- SENA
- Musicopy
- Norma
- IPRO
- Leenrecht
- Lira
- Pictoright
- PM
- PRO
- Reprorecht
- Sekam
- Sekam Video
- StOPnl
- SSK Music
Norway
- Kopinor
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Norway
- TONO
- Gramo
- BONO
Poland
Independent Management Entities in Poland:
- Faded Media
Portugal
- Motion Picture Licensing Company
- GDA
- Audiogest
Romania
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Romania
- Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society
- ORDA
- Credidam
- UCMR-ADA
- UPFR
- UPVR
- Dacin-Sara
Slovakia
- SOZA
Slovenia
- Združenje SAZAS
- Društvo ZAMP
- SAZOR
- Zavod IPF
- Zavod AIPA
Spain
- Sociedad General de Autores y Editores
- Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos
- Visual Entidad de Gestión de Artistas Plásticos
- Asociación Derechos de Autor de Medios Audiovisuales
- Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, Sociedad de Gestión de España
- Artistas Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión
- Asociación de Gestión de Derechos Intelecuales
- Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales
Sweden
- Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige
- Copyswede
- Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå
- IFPI Sweden - International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
- Sveriges kompositörer och textförfattare
Switzerland
- Motion Picture Licensing Company Switzerland
- Société Suisse des Auteurs SSA
- SUISA
- SUISSIMAGE
- Audion
Ukraine
- International Film and Movie Licensing Authority
- Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights
United Kingdom
- Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
- Artists' Collecting Society
- Broadcasting Data Services
- British Equity Collecting Society
- Christian Copyright Licensing International, United Kingdom
- Christian Video Licensing International United Kingdom
- Copyright Licensing Agency
- Design and Artists Copyright Society
- Directors UK, formerly the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society
- Educational Recording Agency
- inMusic
- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society of Great Britain
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
- NLA Media Access
- Open University Worldwide
- PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance
- Phonographic Performance Limited
- Publishers' Licensing Services
- Soundreef Ltd Independent Management Entity
- , Music and Performer Rights Clearance Agency
- Video Performance Limited
Middle East
Armenia
- ARMAUTHOR
Egypt
- Society of Authors Composers and Music Publishers of the Republic of Egypt http://sacerau.com/
Israel
- Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel
- ESHKOLOT representing performers
- Tali Rights, the Israeli Scriptwriters & Directors Collecting society
- EILAM, Israeli Musicians' Collecting Society representing performing musicians and conductors
Turkey
- Musical Work Owners Group
- Türkiye Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birligi
- Turkish Phonographic Industry Society
- Müzik Yorumcuları Birliği
North America
Canada
- Access Copyright – The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
- Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists Performers' Rights Society
- American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
- Audio-Video Licensing Agency
- Border Broadcasters' Inc.
- Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective
- Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency
- Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd
- Canadian Private Copying Collective
- Canadian Retransmission Collective
- Canadian Retransmission Right Association
- Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society
- Copyright Collective of Canada
- Directors Rights Collective of Canada
- Direct Response Television Collective
- Educational Rights Collective of Canada
- FWS Joint Sports Claimants
- Major League Baseball Collective of Canada Inc.
- Musicians' Rights Organization Canada
- Producers Audiovisual Collective of Canada
- Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Société civile des auteurs multimedia
- Société de gestion collective de l'Union des artistes
- Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et vidéogrammes du Québec
- Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques
- Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
- Société québécoise de gestion collective des droit de reproduction
- Société québécoise des auteur dramatiques
Caribbean
- Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights
- Copyright Organisation of Trinidad & Tobago
- Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Incorporated
- Jamaica Music Society
- Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Limited
- The Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Collection Organisation
Mexico
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Mexico
- SACM
United States
- ACEMLA, Asociacion de Compositores y Editores de Musica Latinoamericana, formerly SPACEM, a P.R.O. in Puerto Rico
- AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
- Artists Rights Society
- American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc. Washington, D.C. Illustration and Photography
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- BMI
- Christian Copyright Licensing International
- Christian Video Licensing International
- Copyright Clearance Center
- Global Music Rights
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
- SESAC, a US-based performance rights association
- SoundExchange, a digital performance rights association
South America
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America
Argentina
- Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes
- Sociedad General de Autores de la Argentina
- Centro de Administración de Derechos Reprográficos de la República Argentina
- Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
- Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America
- Sociedad Argentina de Autores Fotográficos
- Sociedad Argentina de Actores e Intérpretes
Brazil
- Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Brasil
Chile
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South Chile
- Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor
Colombia
- Asociación Colombiana de Intérpretes y Productores Fonográficos
- Asociación Nacional de Autores e Intérpretes de la Canción Colombiana
- Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia
Peru
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation South America
Ecuador
- Sociedad de Artistas, Interpretes y Músicos Ejecutantes del Ecuador
Venezuela
- Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Venezuela
- Asociacion Venezolana de Interpretes y Productores de Fonogramas
- Servicio Autonomo de la Propiedad Intelectual
- Federación Latinoamericana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas
Oceania
Australasia
- Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
- Australasian Performing Right Association
- Christian Video Licensing International
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
Australia
- Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society
- Australian Writers Guild Authorship Collecting Society
- Christian Video Licensing International Australia
- Copyright Agency Limited
- Phonographic Performance Company of Australia
- VISCOPY Australia
Fiji
- Fiji Performing Rights Association
New Zealand
- Copyright Licensing New Zealand
- Christian Copyright Licensing International New Zealand
- Christian Video Licensing International New Zealand
- PPNZ Music Licensing
- APRA New Zealand