List of copyright collection societies
This is a list of international and national copyright collection societies, also called "copyright collectives".
Global
- International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
- International Federation of the Phonogram Industry (IFPI)
- International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO)
- Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique (BIEM)
- Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)
Europe
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 (litteral works)
Germany
- Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) (musical recordings and performances)
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Werbung + Musik mbH (VGWM) (musical recordings and performances)
- Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (GVL) (performing artists)
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG Wort) (texts of all kind)
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst (VG Bild-Kunst) (pictures, movies and fine arts)
- Verwertungsgesellschaft Musikedition (VG Musikedition) (musical collections, music textbooks for school use, songbooks for church use)
Israel
- [1] ACUM representing authors, composers, lyricists, poets, arrangers and music publishers.
- [2] ESHKOLOT represnting performers.
Italy
- Institute for the Protection of Performing Artists (IMAE)
- Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE)
The Netherlands
Norway
- TONO (Copyright collective for authors and composers of musical works)
- Kopinor (books, newspapers, magazines, sheet music, and similar publications)
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS)
- Broadcasting Data Services (BDS)
- British Equity Collecting Society (BECS)
- Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
- Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
- Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (DPRS)
- Educational Recording Agency (ERA)
- Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
- Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC)
- Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)
- Open University Worldwide (OUW)
- Performing Artists' Media Rights Association (PAMRA)
- Performing Right Society (PRS)
- Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
- Publishers' Licensing Society (PLS)
- Video Performance Limited (VPL)
North America
Canada
- Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)
- Access - The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (formerly CanCopy)
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (SOCAN)
- Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA)
- Societe quebecoise de gestion collective des droit de reproduction (COPIBEC)
- Societe du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et editeurs au Canada (SODRAC)
Saint Lucia
United States
- Artists Rights Society of New York (ARS)
- American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
- Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
- Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)
- Society of European Stage Authors & Composers (SESAC)
Oceania
Australia
- Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
- Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)
- Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
- Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA)
- VISCOPY Australia