{"id":382,"date":"2009-06-22T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2022-03-06T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T12:33:52","slug":"the-national-copyright-collecting-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/general\/the-national-copyright-collecting-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"The national copyright collecting societies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here you can find a list of the different copyright <a title=\"What does the pro label mean?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/125\/what-does-the-pro-label-mean\/\">collecting societies<\/a> of our composers and the corresponding links:<\/p>\n<p><em>Germany:<\/em> <strong>GEMA<\/strong> &#8220;Gesellschaft f&#252;r musikalische Auff&#252;hrungs- und mechanische Vervielf&#228;ltigungsrechte&#8221; (musical recordings and performances)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gema.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the GEMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Austria:<\/em> <strong>AKM<\/strong> &#8220;Autoren, Komponisten, Musikverleger&#8221; (lyricists, composers and music publishers)<\/p>\n<p><em>Switzerland:<\/em> <strong>SUISA <\/strong>(Swiss Association for composers rights)<\/p>\n<p><em>UK:<\/em> <strong>MCPS-PRS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MCPS &#8220;Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society&#8221; , PRS &#8220;Performing Right Society&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>USA:<\/em> <strong>SESAC<\/strong> &#8220;Society of European Stage Authors &amp; Composers&#8221;, <strong>ASCAP <\/strong>&#8220;American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers&#8221;, <strong>BMI <\/strong>&#8221; Broadcast Music Incorporated&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Canada:<\/em> <strong>SOCAN<\/strong> &#8220;Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>France:<\/em> <strong>SACEM<\/strong> &#8220;Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des auteurs compositeurs et \u00e9diteurs de musique&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Norway:<\/em> <strong>TONO<\/strong> (Copyright collective for authors and composers of musical works)<\/p>\n<p><em>Italy:<\/em> <strong>SIAE<\/strong> &#8220;Societ\u00e0 Italiani degli Autori ed Editori\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ireland:<\/em> <strong>IMRO<\/strong> &#8221; Irish Music Rights Organisation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>New Zealand, Australia:<\/em> <strong>APRA<\/strong> &#8220;Australasian Performing Right Association &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apra.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Poland:<\/em> <strong>ZAIKS<\/strong> &#8220;Zwi&#196;?zek Autor\u00f3w i Kompozytor\u00f3w Scenicznych&#8221; (Vereinigung der B&#252;hnenautoren und -komponisten)<\/p>\n<p><em>Spain:<\/em> <strong>SGAE<\/strong> &#8220;Sociedad General de Autores y Editores&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Denmark: <\/em><strong>KODA<\/strong> (copyrights for composers, songwriters and music publishers)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you can find a list of the different copyright collecting societies of our composers and the corresponding links:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,9],"tags":[125,131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The national copyright collecting societies &#187; 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