List of CISAC members
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As of June 2009, CISAC counts among its members 225 authors' societies in 118 countries.
This is a list of International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers or CISAC
members:
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslavian Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
This is a list of International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers or CISAC
Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs
Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs , founded in 1926, is a performance rights organisation, which coordinates the protection of its member creators' rights.As of June 2010, CISAC numbers 229 authors’ societies from 121 countries and indirectly represents more than...
members:
Albania
- ALBAUTOR
Algeria
- ONDA
Angola
- SADIASadiaThis Food Company was created in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Its headquarters are also located in the same city.Sadia S.A. is a major Brazilian food producer...
Argentina
- ARGENTORES, DAC, SADAICSociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de MúsicaSociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música is the entity that gathers all musicians and authors of Argentina, and the Argentine performance rights organisation that keeps registry of musical works, and collects and distributes royalties on behalf of the artists.Founded on June 9,...
, SAVA
Armenia
- ARMAUTHOR
Australia
- AMCOS, APRAAustralasian Performing Right AssociationThe Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...
, ASDACS, AWGACS, VISCOPY
Austria
- AKM, AUSTRO-MECHANA, LITERAR-MECHANA, VBK, VDFS
Azerbaijan
- MPRMWA
Barbados
- COSCAP
Belarus
- NCIP
Belgium
- GESAC, SABAMSABAMSABAM is the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers. The acronym stands for "Société d’Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij"....
, SOFAM
Belize
- BSCAP
Benin
- BUBEDRA
Bolivia
- SOBODAYCOM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- SQN
Brazil
- ABRAMUS, ADDAF, AMARAmarAmar may refer to:* Amar , a 1954 Hindi-language Indian film* Ludu Daw Amar , Burmese writer* "Amar" , a song by 2B, which represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005* Amar, India, a village in Gujarat...
, ASSIM, AUTVIS, SADEMBRA, SBACEM, SBAT, SICAM, SOCINPRO, UBC
Bulgaria
- FILMAUTOR, MUSICAUTOR, TEATERAUTOR
Burkina Faso
- BBDA
Cameroon
- CMC, SOCILADRA
Canada
- ACCESS COPYRIGHTAccess CopyrightAccess © or Access Copyright is the operating name of a Canadian business corporation whose official registration name is The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency...
, CMRRA, CSCS, DRCC, SARTEC, SOCAN, SODRAC, SPACQ
Central African Republic
- BUCADA
Chile
- ATN, CREAIMAGEN, SCD
China
- MCSC
Colombia
- SAYCO
Congo
- BCDA
Congo, The Democratic Republic of
- SONECA
Costa Rica
- ACAM
Côte d'Ivoire
- BURIDA
Croatia
- HDS-ZAMP
Cuba
- ACDAM, ADAVIS
Czech Republic
- :cs:DILIA, GESTOR, OSA
Denmark
- COPY-DAN BILLEDKUNST, KODAKODA (Denmark)KODA alias KODA is the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Denmark.Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect license fees whenever their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing...
, NCB
Dominican Republic
- SGACEDOM, SODOMAPLA
Ecuador
- ARTEGESTION, SAYCESayceSayce is a surname, and may refer to:*Archibald Sayce , British linguist and Assyriologist*Conrad Sayce, Australian architect and author*Lynda Sayce, British musician*Philip Sayce , Canadian musician...
Egypt
- SACERAU
El Salvador
- SACIM
Estonia
- EAU
Finland
- KIRJAILIJA, KOPIOSTO, KUVASTO, TEOSTOTeostoTeosto is the performance rights organization that collects royalties on behalf of songwriters and composers in Finland. Teosto is a member of CISAC.- See also :*Copyright collecting agency*List of CISAC members*Performance rights organization...
France
- ADAGP, SACD, SACEMSociété des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musiqueSociété des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique is a French professional association collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original songwriters, composers and music publishers.-History:...
, SACENC, SCAM, SESAMSesamSesam was a Scandinavian internet search engine developed by the media corporation Schibsted. It was available both in a Norwegian and Swedish version and was launched on 1 November 2005. By 2007 Sesam.no had 480,000 unique users and was among the 12 largest web sites in Norway...
, SGDL, SNAC, SPACEM
Georgia
- SAS
Germany
- BILD-KUNST, GEMAGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische VervielfältigungsrechteGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte is a performance rights organization from Germany. It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC...
Ghana
- COSGA
Greece
- AEPI, SADH, SOPESopeA sope is a traditional Mexican dish originating in the city of Culiacán. Originally called gordita or pelliscadas in Culiacán. It is an antojito which at first sight looks like an unusually thick tortilla with vegetables and meat toppings...
, OSDEETE
Guatemala
- AEI
Guinea
- BGDA
Guinea-Bissau
- SGA
Holy See (Vatican City State)
- UFFICIO LEGALE
Honduras
- AACIMH
Hong Kong
- CASHCashIn common language cash refers to money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.In bookkeeping and finance, cash refers to current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately...
Hungary
- ARTISJUS, FILMJUS, HUNGART
Iceland
- STEFStefStef may refer to:*Stef Bos, Dutch singer*Stefan Edwards, Hip Hop Artist*Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist for Deftones*Stef Wertheimer, Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist*Stef Penney, Scottish novelist and short-film director...
India
- IPRS
Indonesia
- KCI, PAPPRI
Ireland
- IMROIrish Music Rights OrganisationIrish Music Rights Organisation is the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Ireland. Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect license fees whenever their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out...
, IVARO, SDCSI
Israel
- ACUM, TALITali-Places:* Tali, township, part of Kozhikode, Kerala* Tali, Finland, town in Finland* Tali, Helsinki, Finland* Tali, South Sudan, town in South Sudan* Tali, Estonia, village in Saarde Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia...
Italy
- SIAE
Jamaica
- JACAP
Japan
- APG-Japan, JASRAC, WGJ
Kazakhstan
- KazAK
Kenya
- MCSK
Korea, Republic of
- KOMCA, KOSA, SACK
Kyrgyzstan
- KYRGYZPATENT
Latvia
- AKKA-LAA
Lithuania
- LATGA-A
Luxembourg
- SACEMLUXEMBOURG
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslavian Republic of
- ZAMP - Macedonia
Madagascar
- OMDA
Malawi
- COSOMA
Malaysia
- MACP
Mali
- BUMDA
Mauritius
- MASA
Mexico
- DIRECTORES, SACM, SOGEMSOGEMSOGEM is the Mexican Writers' Guild. Besides giving the usual protection to the copyright of authors, it has the oldest School of Creative Writing in Mexico...
, SOMAAP
Moldova, Republic of
- AsDAC
Montenegro
- PAM CG
Morocco
- BMDA
Mozambique
- SOMASSomàsSornàs is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Ordino....
Namibia
- NASCAM
Nepal
- CPSN, MRCSN
Netherlands
- BUMABUMA/STEMRABUMA/STEMRA are two private organizations in the Netherlands, the Buma Association and the Stemra Foundation that operate as one single company that acts as the Dutch collecting society for composers and music publishers.- History :The Buma Association was set up by Dutch music authors and...
, LIRA, PICTORIGHT, STEMRA, VEVAM
Nicaragua
- NICAUTOR
Niger
- BNDA
Nigeria
- MCSN
Norway
- BONOBonoPaul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
, TONOTONOTONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway.It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers...
Panama
- SPAC
Paraguay
- APA
Peru
- APDAYC, APSAV
Philippines
- FILSCAP
Poland
- ZAIKS, ZAPA
Portugal
- SPA
Romania
- UCMR-ADA
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia
- ECCO
Senegal
- BSDA
Serbia
- SOKOJ
Singapore
- COMPASS
Slovakia
- LITA, SOZASozaSuza is a coastal city in and the capital of Shahab District, in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,480, in 878 families....
Slovenia
- SAZAS, ZAMP Association of Slovenia
South Africa
- DALRO, SAMRO, SARRALSarralSarral is a village in Haripur District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan with a population of about 2000. It is located east of the district Haripur at 33° 52' 60N 73° 1' 60E. It is located on the right bank of Haro stream. Its mountains are covered with Pine and Myrobalan آملہ trees ...
Spain
- DAMA, SGAE, VEGAP
Suriname
- SASUR
Sweden
- BUS, STIMSTIMSTIM, Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå, is the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Sweden. Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect license fees whenever their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted,...
Switzerland
- PROLITTERIS, SSA, SUISASUISASUISA is the collecting society for Swiss songwriters, composers and music publishers. It undertakes collective rights management for its members in order to collect license fees when their musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing royalties.It was...
, SUISSIMAGE
Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
- COLCIA, MÜSTMustMust is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking...
Tanzania, United Republic of
- COSOTA
Thailand
- MCT
Togo
- BUTODRA
Trinidad and Tobago
- CCL, COTTCottThe Cott Corporation is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe. In addition to producing many private-label beverages for retailers, Cott also has a large and growing portfolio of its own brands...
Tunisia
- OTPDA
Turkey
- MESAM, MSG, SETEM
Uganda
- UPRS
Ukraine
- UACRRUACRRUACRR is a collective rights management organization in Ukraine. UACRR administers public performance rights, mechanical recording and reproduction rights, and dramatic rights. UACRR has been a member of CISAC since 2001...
United Kingdom
- ACS, ALCS, Design and Artists Copyright SocietyDesign and Artists Copyright SocietyThe Design and Artists Copyright Society is a UK not-for-profit rights management organisation that exists to collect and distribute royalties to visual artists....
(DACS), DIRECTORS UKDirectors UKDirectors UK is the professional association for British film and television directors, with over 4,000 members. Previously the Directors and Producers Society until 2008, the organisation now functions as both a collecting society and a campaigning body. Its president is Paul Greengrass....
, Mechanical-Copyright Protection SocietyMechanical-Copyright Protection SocietyThe Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society is an organisation that pay royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers when a composition is manufactured into any format. This includes copies of the music alone such as CDs and downloads, and also products that use the music as a part of...
(MCPS), Performing Right SocietyPerforming Right SocietyPRS for Music is a UK copyright collection society undertaking collective rights management for musical works. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 as the MCPS-PRS Alliance, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and Performing Right Society...
(PRS)
United States
- AMRA, ARS, ASCAP, Broadcast Music IncorporatedBroadcast Music IncorporatedBroadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
(BMI), Directors Guild of AmericaDirectors Guild of AmericaDirectors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
(DGA), National Music Publishers AssociationNational Music Publishers AssociationThe National Music Publishers Association is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music publishers and songwriters in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of...
(NMPA), SESAC Inc.SESACSESAC, originally the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, is the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States. SESAC was founded in 1930, making it the second-oldest performing rights organization in the U.S. SESAC is also the fastest-growing PRO in the...
, The Author's Registry Inc., VAGAVågåVågå is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo....
, Writers Guild of AmericaWriters Guild of AmericaThe Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions:* The Writers Guild of America, East , representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi....
(WGA)
Uruguay
- AGADU, LATINAUTOR
Venezuela
- AUTORARTE, SACVEN
Vietnam
- VCPMC
Zambia
- ZAMCOPS
Zimbabwe
- ZIMRAZimraThe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, or ZIMRA, is the body responsible for collecting taxes in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority derives its mandate from the Revenue Authority Act, passed by the parliament of Zimbabwe in 2002 and other related legislation....