All items tagged Rights and Royalties
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| AKKA-LAA |
Performing rights society in Latvia. |
| Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies |
A non-profit organization that represents and collects royalties for artists and recording companies in the areas of hometaping and private copy and rental royalties. |
| APRA/AMCOS |
The Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) collects licensing fees for public performances. The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) collects and distributes mechanical royalties. |
| ASCAP |
ASCAP is one of the three major performance rights organizations in the US. |
| Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) |
Society that collects royalties for UK writers. |
| BIEM |
An international mechanical rights society that is based in France. |
| BMI |
BMI is one of the three major performance rights organizations in the US. |
| BUMA/STEMRA |
The organizations that protect copyright and collect and distribute royalties for music authors in the Netherlands. |
| CISAC |
The International Confederation Of Societies Of Authors And Composers is based in France collects royalties and serves as a network for 222 authors’ societies from 118 countries. |
| CMRRA (Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency) |
An agency that issues reproduction licenses and represents copyright holders in Canada. |
| EAÜ |
Performing rights society in Estonia. |
| GRAMO |
Joint Collecting Society in Norway for Musicians, Performing Artists and Record Producers. |
| GVL |
A German society that pays royalties to musicians for performances that air on German radio. |
| Harry Fox |
Harry Fox is a US-based society that handles mechanical rights for songwriters. |
| IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organization) |
Performing rights organization for artists in Ireland. |
| KODA |
The royalty collection agency for artists in Denmark. |
| LATGA-A |
Lithuanian performing rights society. |
| Merlin Network |
A group that represents the rights of independent record labels around the world. Its main goal is to help indie labels enhance the commercial exploitation of their copyrights. |
| NCB (Nordisk Copyright Bureau) |
This bureau works in co-operation with the royalty organizations in many Nordic and Baltic countries to collect and distribute royalties more efficiently. |
| Nielsen Soundscan |
An information system that tracks sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada then compiles the data into weekly reports. |
| PPL |
Handles the licensing of recorded songs and music videos for public performance and broadcast in the UK. |
| Recording Artist Royalties | |
| RightsFlow |
Company that offerws mechanical licensing and royalty services for labels and online music companies. They specialize in obtaining bulk mechanical... |
| RoyaltyShare |
A solution for managing your digital sales and processing royalties. The site is secure and lets you track sales trends and manage your song catalogs. |
| SABAM |
Collects mechanical and performance royalties for artists and composers in Belgium. |
| SACD |
France's society of authors and composers. |
| SACEM |
The society of authors, composers, and music publishers in France that deals with music reproduction and performance rights. |
| SAMI (Swedish Artists and Musicians Interest Group) |
Collects and distributes royalties for public use of recorded performances for Swedish artists and composers. |
| SENA |
Organization that collects performance royalties for Dutch artists. |
| SESAC |
SESAC is one of the three major performance rights organizations in the US. |
| SGAE |
Spain's society of composers and music publishers. |
| SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors, & Music Publishers of Canada) |
The Canadian copyright society that administers the performing rights worldwide by licensing the use of their music in Canada and then collecting the fees. This society then distributes the collected royalties to artists and songwriters. |
| SoundExchange |
A nonprofit performance rights organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties for songs played on digital cable and satellite television music, internet and satellite radio. |
| SOZA |
The Slovak organization for collection mechanical and performance royalties. |
| STEF |
Iceland's performing rights society. |
| STIM |
Sweden's performing rights society. |
| SUISA |
The authors' copyright society of Switzerland. |
| TEOSTO |
Finland's performing rights society. |
| The MCPS/PRS Alliance |
The two British organizations that collect and distribute royalties for mechanical and performing rights. |
| TONO |
Norwegian performing rights society. |
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