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Item	description	operating area	official website
Permission Machine			https://permissionmachine.com/
APRA AMCOS	Austaralasian performance rights organisation and copyright collective	Australasia	http://www.apraamcos.com.au/
Wsessojusnoje Agentstwo po awtorskim prawam
Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (Canada)
Access Copyright	Canadian organization
Collegiate Licensing Company			http://www.clc.com/ https://clc.com/

Angola

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
SADIA	Angolan rights society			Angola	No/unknown value
UNAC-SA	Angolan rights society			Angola	No/unknown value http://www.unacsa.ao

Argentina

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Sociedad General de Autores de la Argentina					http://www.argentores.org.ar/
SADAIC	Argentinian rights society			Argentina	https://www.sadaic.org.ar/

Australia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society	Australasian copyright collective
Copyright Agency Ltd	Australian copyright agency principally targeting educational institutions				http://www.copyright.com.au

Austria

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
Austro Mechana	copyright collective from Austria
Bildrecht	Austrian collecting society for visual artists	copyright		http://www.bildrecht.at
Literar-Mechana				https://www.literar.at
AKM	Austrian copyright collection and performing rights society		Austria	http://www.akm.at/
Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden		professional association		https://www.vdfs.at https://www.vdfs.at/79-1-Verwertungsgesellschaft-der-Filmschaffenden.html

Belgium

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
SOFAM			Belgium	https://www.sofam.be/
deAuteurs	Belgian collecting society			https://www.deauteurs.be https://www.deauteurs.be/english/
La Scam	Belgian collecting society			https://www.scam.be/fr/ https://www.scam.be/nl/ https://www.scam.be/en/
SACD	Belgian collecting society			https://www.sacd.be/fr/ https://www.sacd.be/nl/ https://www.sacd.be/en/
SABAM	Belgium collecting society	sound recording and music publishing activities	Belgium	http://www.sabam.be
Reprobel

Brazil

Item	description	operating area	official website
ADDAF	Brazilian rights society	Brazil	http://www.addaf.org.br
SOCINPRO	Brazilian copyright collection and performing rights society	Brazil	http://www.socinpro.org.br/
SADEMBRA	Brazilian copyright collection society	Brazil
ABRAMUS	Brazilian rights society	Brazil	https://www.abramus.org.br/
ECAD	national copyright collection agency of Brazil	Brazil	http://www.ecad.org.br
SBACEM	Brazilian copyright collection and performing rights society	Brazil	https://sbacem.org.br/ http://www.sbacem.org.br
UBC	Brazilian rights society	Brazil	http://www.ubc.org.br/

Bulgaria

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
FILMAUTOR	Bulgarian collecting society				http://www.filmautor.org http://www.filmautor.org/en
Musicautor	Bulgarian collecting society				https://www.musicautor.org/bg https://www.musicautor.org/en http://www.musicautor.org

Cameroon

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Cameroon Music Corporation	Cameroon rights society			Cameroon	No/unknown value
SOCILADRA	Cameroon rights society			Cameroon	http://www.sociladra.org

Canada

Item	description	operating area	official website
Re:Sound	neighbouring rights collection society in Canada		https://www.resound.ca
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada	Canadian rights society	Canada	http://www.socan.com/
SODRAC	copyright collective		https://sodrac.ca/

Chile

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Chileactores	corporation of actors and actresses in Chile			Chile	https://chileactores.org/
SCD	Chilean copyright collection and performing rights society			Chile	http://www.scd.cl https://www.corp.scd.cl/

Croatia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Croatian Composers' Society	Croatian copyright collection and performing rights society			Croatia	http://www.hds.hr http://www.zamp.hr
DHFR					https://dhfr.hr http://www.dhfr.hr

Czech Republic

Item	description	industry	official website
GESTOR	Czech-republic collecting society	visual arts architecture writing art of sculpture photography	http://www.gestor.cz/cs/ http://www.gestor.cz
Protective Association of Sound Engineers – Authors	Czech copyright collective of sound engineers		https://www.oaza.eu/
DILIA	Czech organization		https://www.dilia.cz/ https://www.dilia.eu
Ochranný svaz autorský	Czech Republic copyright collection and performing rights society		http://www.osa.cz/

Denmark

Item	description	industry	official website
VISDA – Visual Rights Denmark	Danish collecting society	visual arts	http://www.billedkunst.dk https://www.visda.dk https://www.visda.dk/en/
Copydan World TV	Danish collecting society		https://www.copydan-verdenstv.dk
Copydan Writing	Danish collecting society		https://www.tekstognode.dk https://tekstognode.dk/english/about-us/
Copydan Archive	Danish collecting society		https://www.copydan-arkiv.dk
Copydan AVU-medier	Danish collecting society		https://www.copydan-avumedier.dk
Copydan KulturPlus			https://www.copydan-kulturplus.dk https://www.copydan-kulturplus.dk/foreign-web-retailer/about-copydan-kulturplus
Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organisation	Danish collecting society		https://dpcmo.dk https://dpcmo.dk/en
Music Producer's Management Organisation	Danish collecting society		https://mpo.dk https://mpo.dk/en/
Producer Rights Denmark	Danish collecting society		https://producentrettigheder.dk https://producentrettigheder.dk/home/
Nordic Copyright Bureau	Nordic collecting society		https://www.ncb.dk
Copydan	umbrella for six Danish collecting societies		https://www.copydan.dk
Gramex	Danish collecting society		https://gramex.dk https://gramex.dk/english/
Koda	Danish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers		https://www.koda.dk https://www.koda.dk/eng

Estonia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Estonian Authors' Society	Estonian copyright collection and performing rights society			Estonia	https://www.eau.org/
Estonian Association of Audiovisual Authors	Estonia collecting society				https://www.eaal.ee/et https://www.eaal.ee/en

Finland

Item	description	industry	official website
Gramex	Finnish non-governmental organization		https://www.gramex.fi/
Audiovisual Producers Finland	Finnish professional association	professional association	https://apfi.fi/ https://apfi.fi/pa-svenska/ https://apfi.fi/en/
Sanasto	organization in Finland		https://www.sanasto.fi/
Teosto	Finnish organization for music authors		https://www.teosto.fi/
Kopiosto	Finnish non-governmental organization		https://www.kopiosto.fi
Kuvasto	Finnish collecting society	visual arts	https://kuvasto.fi/ https://kuvasto.fi/sv/ https://kuvasto.fi/in-english/ http://www.kuvasto.fi

France

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
Société civile des éditeurs de langue française		autres activités de soutien aux entreprises n.c.a.		https://www.scelf.fr/
La Charte des Auteurs et Illustrateurs de Jeunesse		other voluntary membership organizations (France)		https://www.la-charte.fr/
Société civile des producteurs associés			France	https://www.lascpa.org/
SACD	French association of drama playwrights and componists	autre création artistique	France	https://www.sacd.fr https://www.sacd.fr/en
SACEM	French rights society	activités de soutien au spectacle vivant	France Andorra Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Djibouti Gabon The Gambia Guinea Ivory Coast Lebanon Madagascar Mali Mauritania Monaco Morocco Senegal Togo	https://www.sacem.fr/ https://www.sacem.fr/en
SCPP				https://www.scpp.fr
Societe de la Propriete Artistique et des Dessins et Modeles	copyright society in France
SPEDIDAM	society for the rights of distribution for artist in France	activités de soutien au spectacle vivant		http://www.spedidam.fr/
Société des auteurs des arts visuels et de l'image fixe	French collecting society	visual arts art of sculpture photography illustration drawing product design architecture art of painting		https://www.saif.fr
Société des auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques	French collecting society	graphic design illustration visual arts architecture photography art of sculpture product design activités de soutien au spectacle vivant		http://www.adagp.fr/
Société française des intérêts des auteurs de l’écrit		supports juridiques de gestion de patrimoine mobilier		https://www.la-sofia.org
SDRM	French mechanical rights organization		France	https://sdrm.sacem.fr/ http://www.sdrm.fr/
Syndicat des écrivains de langue française		activities of employee unions		http://self-syndicat.fr/

Germany

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
GEMA	German rights society	creative industries	Germany	https://www.gema.de/
GÜFA	organization			https://www.guefa.de/
Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT	voluntary association			https://www.vgwort.de/
GVL	German copyright collective	music industry		https://gvl.de/
Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten				https://www.gwff.de/
Corint Media				https://www.corint-media.com/
Verwertungsgesellschaft Musikedition				https://www.vg-musikedition.de/
Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten				https://www.vff.org/
Verwertungsgesellschaft für Nutzungsrechte an Filmwerken				http://www.vgf.de/
Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst	German collecting society	copyright		https://www.bildkunst.de/
akg-images	library			https://www.akg-images.de/ https://www.akg-images.com http://www.akg-images.co.uk/ https://www.akg-images.fr
Cultural Commons Collecting Society	European cooperative music licensor			https://www.c3s.cc/

Greece

Item	description	operating area	official website
AEPI	Greek rights society	Greece	http://www.aepi.gr
Autodia	Greek collecting society		https://www.autodia.gr
ATHINA	Greek collecting society		https://sada.gr

Hungary

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
Hungart	Hungarian collecting society	visual arts		http://www.hungart.org/
Filmjus	Hungarian collection society			https://www.filmjus.hu http://www.filmjus.hu/index_a.htm
ARTISJUS	Hungarian rights society		Hungary	http://www.artisjus.hu/

Ireland

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
IVARO	Irish collecting society	visual arts architecture film industry music industry writing			http://www.ivaro.ie/about http://www.ivaro.ie
Irish Music Rights Organisation	Irish copyright collection and performing rights society			Ireland	https://www.imro.ie/

Italy

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
SIAE	Italian copyright collecting organization			Italy	https://www.siae.it
Nuovo IMAIE					http://www.nuovoimaie.it/

Ivory Coast

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Ivorian Copyright Office	organization for the collective management of copyright and related rights	Droits d'auteurs		Ivory Coast	https://www.buridaci.com/web/
Bureau ivoirien de droit d'auteur		Droits d'auteurs			http://www.buridaci.com/web/

Japan

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
JASRAC	Japanese rights society			Japan	https://www.jasrac.or.jp/ http://www.jasrac.or.jp/ejhp/index.htm
Japan Publishers Copyright Organization		tertiary sector of the economy			https://www.jcopy.or.jp/

Latvia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
AKKA/LAA	Latvian collecting society				https://www.akka-laa.lv/lv https://www.akka-laa.lv/en http://www.akka-laa.lv
Latvian Music Producers Association	Latvian phonographic industry association	music industry phonographic industry business and professional associations, unions			http://www.laipa.org/

Mexico

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
SOMAAP	Mexican Society of Authors of the Visual Art				http://www.somaap.com/ http://www.somaap.mx
SACM	Mexican rights society of authors and composers			Mexico	http://www.sacm.org.mx

Netherlands

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Maria Austria Instituut	Dutch photographers' archive and image bank				http://www.maibeeldbank.nl/
BUMA	Dutch copyright collective	music industry	Netherlands		http://www.bumastemra.nl
STEMRA	Dutch mechanical rights organization	music industry	Netherlands
VEVAM	Dutch collecting society				https://www.vevam.org https://www.vevam.org/english/about-vevam/
BUMA/STEMRA	two Dutch collecting societies for composers and music publishers operating as one single company	music industry			http://www.bumastemra.nl
Pictoright	Dutch collecting society			Netherlands	http://www.pictoright.nl/
Lira	Dutch rights society			Netherlands	http://www.lira.nl

Norway

Item	description	industry	official website
Billedkunst Opphavsrett I Norge	Norwegian collecting society	visual arts graphics art of sculpture photography	http://www.bono.no/
BONO	Norwegian collecting society		https://www.bono.no/
Sámikopiija			https://samikopiija.org/ https://samikopiija.org/startsiden/ https://samikopiija.org/home-page/
Norwaco	Norwegian collecting society		https://www.norwaco.no https://www.norwaco.no/en
TONO	Norwegian copyright collective; corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway		https://tono.no https://tono.no/en http://www.tono.no/

Peru

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos	Peruvian music industry association				http://www.unimpro.org/
Apdayc				Peru	http://www.apdayc.org.pe/

Poland

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
ZAPA	Polish collecting society			https://www.zapa.org.pl https://www.zapa.org.pl/en/
Society of Authors ZAiKS	Polish copyright collective			http://www.zaiks.org.pl/
Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry	Polish organization	phonographic industry	Poland	http://zpav.pl

Romania

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
UCMR-ADA	Romanian copyright collective society				https://ucmr-ada.ro https://ucmr-ada.ro/en/ http://www.ucmr-ada.ro
DACIN SARA	Romanian collecting society				https://dacinsara.ro

Russia

Item	description	official website
UPRAVIS	Russian collecting society
Russian Organization for Intellectual Property	organization	http://www.rosvois.ru/
RAO	Russian copyright collection society	https://rao.ru/

Slovakia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
SOZA	organization				http://www.soza.sk
LITA	Slovak collecting society				https://www.lita.sk https://www.lita.sk/about-us

Slovenia

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
SAZAS	Slovenian rights organization	professional association		Slovenia	https://www.sazas.org
AIPA	Slovenian collecting society				https://www.aipa.si https://www.aipa.si/sl/About-aipa

Spain

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
SGAE	Spanish copyright collection and performing rights society		Spain	https://www.sgae.es
AIE	Society of Performing Artists of Spain			https://aie.es
CEDRO				https://www.cedro.org
Derechos de Autor de Medios Audiovisuales	Spanish copyright collection society		Spain	https://www.damautor.es/
VEGAP	Spanish collecting society	visual arts	Spain	http://www.vegap.es

Sweden

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
STIM	Swedish performing rights society, music rights interest group	professional association	Sweden	https://www.stim.se/
Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige	Swedish collecting society		Sweden	http://bus.se http://www.bildupphovsratt.se
Copyswede	Swedisk collection society			https://www.copyswede.se https://www.copyswede.se/in-english/

Switzerland

Item	description	operating area	official website
SSA	Swiss collecting collective		https://ssa.ch https://ssa.ch/de/ https://ssa.ch/it/ https://ssa.ch/en/ http://www.ssa.ch
Suissimage			https://www.suissimage.ch
SUISA	Swiss copyright collection and performing rights society	Switzerland	http://www.suisa.ch
ProLitteris	Swiss copyright collecting organization		http://www.prolitteris.ch/

Turkey

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
MSG	Turkish copyright collecting organization			Turkey	https://msg.org.tr/ http://www.msg.org.tr
MESAM	Turkish copyright collection society				http://www.mesam.org.tr/

United Kingdom

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	official website
Tate	art institution in the United Kingdom			http://www.tate.org.uk
Bridgeman Art Library	library			http://www.bridgemanart.com http://www.bridgemanimages.com
Design and Artists Copyright Society	British collecting society		United Kingdom	https://www.dacs.org.uk
Artists' Collecting Society	British collecting society			https://artistscollectingsociety.org
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society	British collecting society	writing		https://www.alcs.co.uk
PRS for Music	British music rights society			https://www.prsformusic.com/

United States of America

Item	description	industry	operating area	official website
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation	international, independent copyright licensing agency			https://www.mplc.org/
Jukin Media	viral video licensing company	entertainment		https://www.jukinmedia.com/
Pro Music Rights	US performing rights organization	music licensing	United States of America worldwide	https://promusicrights.com
SPACEM	Puerto Rican copyright collection and performing rights society		Puerto Rico
AMRA	global digital music collection society			https://www.amra.com/ http://www.amra-music.com
The Mechanical Licensing Collective	nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office pursuant to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018			https://www.themlc.com/
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers	non-profit performance-rights organization		United States of America	https://www.ascap.com/
Broadcast Music, Inc.	performing rights organization in the United States		United States of America	https://www.bmi.com http://repertoire.bmi.com
Artists Rights Society	copyright collecting society in the United States			https://arsny.com http://www.arsny.com

Uruguay

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Ibero-American Federation of Copyright	copyright collective				https://latinautor.org.uy/
AGADU	Uruguayan rights society			Uruguay	http://www.agadu.com.uy http://www.agadu.org

Misc

Item	description	industry	applies to jurisdiction	operating area	official website
Southern African Music Rights Organisation	Collective music rights society( Copyright Asset Management Bureau)			South Africa	http://samro.org.za http://www.samro.org.za
ONDA	National Office of Copyright and Neighboring Rights			Algeria	http://www.onda.dz
LATGA	non-profit, non-governmental, collective copyright organization				https://www.latga.lt/
BUBEDRA	Benin rights society			Benin	http://www.bubedra.org
BBDA	Burkina Faso rights society			Burkina Faso	http://www.bbda.bf
BUCADA	Central African Republic rights society			Central African Republic	No/unknown value
BCDA	Congolese rights society			Republic of the Congo	No/unknown value http://www.bcda-congo.com
SAYCE	Ecuadorean rights society			Ecuador	http://www.sayce.com.ec http://sayce.com.ec/
MACP	Malaysian copyright collecting organization				http://www.macp.com.my/
Ghana Music Rights Organization	collections agency in Ghana		Ghana		http://www.ghamroonline.com/
STEF	Icelandic collecting society				https://stef.is https://stef.is/eng/
COMPASS	Singaporean copyright collective for music composers/authors/publishers				https://www.compass.org.sg
WAMI	Indonesian copyright collection and performing rights society				https://www.wami.id/
ACDAM	Cuban copyright collection and performing rights agency			Cuba	http://www.acdam.cu/
SAYCO	Colombian copyright collection and performing rights society			Colombia	http://sayco.org http://www.sayco.org
SACEM Luxembourg	Luxembourgish collecting society				https://www.sacem.lu/fr https://www.sacem.lu/en http://www.sacem.lu
AEI-Guatemala	Guatemalan copyright collection and performing rights society				https://www.aeiguatemala.org/
Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong	Hong Kong copyright society			Hong Kong	https://www.cash.org.hk/en https://www.cash.org.hk/
Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores	Portuguese copyright collection and performing rights society				https://www.spautores.pt https://www.spautores.pt/en
Organisme tunisien de protection des droits d'auteurs	government organization in Tunisia				http://www.otdav.tn/
Société nationale des éditeurs, compositeurs et auteurs	the organization responsible for copyright in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bureau Nigérien du Droit d'Auteur	Nigerien copyright collection society
SACVEN	Venezuelan copyright collection and performing rights society			Venezuela	http://www.sacven.net/ http://www.sacven.org/ http://sacven.org/wp/
ACUM	Israeli rights society	royalties		Israel	http://www.acum.org.il/
Korea Music Copyright Association	South Korean non-profit copyright collective for musical works				https://www.komca.or.kr/

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