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)

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 and e-License in 2016.
 * (MPN)
 * Visual arts
 * (APG-Japan) - A member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
 * (JASPAR) - Non-Japanese visual arts such as Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Le Corbusier.
 * (SPDA) - Handles works of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Downsized after the JASPAR's spin-off in 2012.
 * (JPCA) - Represents ten photographic business associations such as Japan Professional Photographers Society.
 * Videos
 * (aRma) - Established by, , (meaning consortium of entertainment performers associations of Japan).
 * (PRE) - Collects licensing fees of TV programs.
 * Publications
 * (JPCA) - Issued a strong statement against Google Book Search Settlement Agreement.
 * (JRRC) - Mainly on behalf of paper-based publishers.
 * (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)

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: (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

 * KODA
 * Nordisk Copyright Bureau
 * 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) Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Editors
 * Société de la Propriété Artistique des Dessins et Modèles (SPADEM), visual artists - defunct
 * (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)
 * – Artists, Photographers und Filmmakers.
 * VG Wort – Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (Collecting Society Wort).


 * Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten – GVL (Performing artists, Producers of sound recordings).

Greece

 * : Producers, Musicians, Singers (neighboring rights).

Republic of Ireland

 * Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

Italy

 * Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (SIAE) (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers).
 * Rete Artisti Spettacolo Innovazione (RASI) (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) Portuguese Society of Authors

Slovenia

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

Slovakia

 * SOZA (Slovak Performing Rights Society)

Spain

 * SGAE: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (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
 * SUISA – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke (Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works).
 * SUISA – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke (Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works).

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)