
Authors Societies and Rights Organizations from around the world are on the web…
To visit their websites... click on their name or logo on the list below.
ALCS
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
Australasia
AMCOS
The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society
Australian
APRA The Australian Performing Rights Association
Belgium
SABAM
The Belgian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
Brazil
UBC
Uniao Brasileira de Compositores
BIEM
BIEM, created in 1929, is an international organization that groups together societies all over the world that have as a purpose the administration of mechanical rights, in order to assure effective and efficient administration of those rights. Currently, BIEM has 32 member societies in 30 countries.
Britain
MCPS
The British Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Limited
Canada
CMRRA
The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency
SOCAN
Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers of Canada
CISAC
CISAC, (International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies), was founded in Paris in 1926, where its registered office still resides. CISAC is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which regroups some 200 author societies in 98 countries. World-wide, it represents 2 million creators of works in the musical, dramatic, literary, and audio-visual arts, as well as in the graphic and plastic arts.
Chile
SCD
Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de autor
Colombia
SAYCO
Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia (Colombian Society of Composers)
Denmark
KODA
The Denmark Music Copyright Organization
Finland
TEOSTO
Finnish Composers' Copyright Society
France
SACD
The Society of Authors and Composers of Dramatic Works in France
SACEM
France's Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers
Hungaria
ARTISJUS
The Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights
Germany
GEMA
The German Society For Musical Performing Rights And Mechanical Reproduction Rights
Ireland
IMRO
The Irish Music Rights Organization
Italy
SIAE
Italian Society of Authors and Publishers
Japan
JASRAC
The Japanese Music Copyright Organization
Netherlands
BUMA / STEMRA / CEDAR
The Netherlands Copyright Organizations
NCB
Nordisk Copyright Bureau
Norway
Portugal
SPA
Portuguese Authors Society
Spain
SGAE
Spain's General Society of Composers and Publishers
Switzerland
SSA
Swiss Society of Authors
SUISA
Swiss Authors' Copyright Society
Trinidad and Tobago
COTT
Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
PRS
The U.K. Performing Right Society
Venezuela
SACVEN
The Society of Authors and Composers of Venezuela
