# 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 (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)

### 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)

### 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 Japan Rights Clearance Inc. [ja] and e-License in 2016.
* Music People's Nest [ja] (MPN)

#### Visual arts

* Japan Art, Photograph and Graphic Art Copyright Organization [ja] (APG-Japan) - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
* Japanese Society for Protecting Artists' Rights [ja] (JASPAR) - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
* Société pour la Protection des Droits Artistiques [ja] (SPDA) - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
* Japan Photographic Copyright Association [ja] (JPCA) - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society.

#### Videos

* audiovisual Rights management association [ja] (aRma) - Established by Japan Association of Music Enterprises [ja], Federation of Music Producers Japan [ja], Geidankyo [ja] (meaning consortium of entertainment performers associations of Japan).
* Performers' Rights Entrustment [ja] (PRE) - Collects licensing fees of TV programs.

#### Publications

* Japan Publishing Copyright Association [ja] (JPCA) - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
* Japan Reproduction Rights Center [ja] (JRRC) - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
* Rental Rights Administration Center for Publications [ja] (RRAC)

### 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)

## Africa
### Ghana

* Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO)

### Kenya

* Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK)

### South Africa

* Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)

### Uganda

* Uganda Performing Right Society

### Zambia

* Zambian music Copyright Protection Society (ZAMCOPS)

## Europe

* Association of European Performers' Organisations AEPO-ARTIS

### Austria

* AKM: Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger [de] (English: Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers).

### Basque Country

* EKKI institution for managing authors' and other rights holders' rights

### Belgium

* Société d'Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij (SABAM)

### Bulgaria

* Musicautor

### Croatia

* Croatian Composers' Society

### Cyprus

* PRS for Music, formerly MCPS-PRS Alliance

### Czech Republic

* DILIA (Divadelní, literární, audiovizuální agentura)
* Ochranný svaz autorský (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z.s.)
* INTERGRAM (INTERGRAM, nezávislá společnost výkonných umělců a výrobců zvukových a zvukově-obrazových záznamů)
* OOA-S (Ochranná organizace autorská – Sdružení autorů děl výtvarného umění, architektury a obrazové složky audiovizuálních děl)
* OAZA (Ochranná asociace zvukařů – autorů)

### Denmark

* Gramex [da]
* KODA
* Nordisk Copyright Bureau

### 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) English: Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Editors
* Société de la Propriété Artistique des Dessins et Modèles (SPADEM), visual artists - defunct
* Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques [fr] (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)
* Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst [de] – Artists, Photographers und Filmmakers.
* VG Wort – Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (English: Collecting Society Wort).
* Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten – GVL (Performing artists, Producers of sound recordings).

### Greece

* GEA-GRAMMO, ERATO, APOLLON [el]: Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).

### Republic of Ireland

* Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

### Italy

* Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE) (English: Italian Society of Authors and Publishers).
* Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione (RASI) (English: Italian Society of Artists and Performers). www.reteartistispettacolo.it

### 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) English: Portuguese Society of Authors

### Slovenia

* AIPA - Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Producers of Audiovisual Works in Slovenia [sl]
* IPF - Collective Management of the Rights of Performers and Phonogram Producers in Slovenia [sl]
* SAZAS - Collective Management Society for Musical Authors' Rights in Slovenia [sl]

### Slovakia

* SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)

### Spain

* SGAE: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (English: General Society of Authors and Editors).

### 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
* ProLitteris [de]
* SUISA – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke (English: Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works).
* Swissperform [de]

### 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)

## 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)

### 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
* 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)