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
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
SADIA
Sadia
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Argentina
ARGENTORES, DAC, SADAIC
Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
Sociedad 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, APRA
Australasian Performing Right Association
The 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, SABAM
SABAM
SABAM 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, AMAR
Amar
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, ASSIM, AUTVIS, SADEMBRA, SBACEM, SBAT, SICAM, SOCINPRO, UBC


Bulgaria
FILMAUTOR, MUSICAUTOR, TEATERAUTOR


Burkina Faso
BBDA


Cameroon
CMC, SOCILADRA


Canada
ACCESS COPYRIGHT
Access Copyright
Access © 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, KODA
KODA (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, SAYCE
Sayce
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Egypt
SACERAU


El Salvador
SACIM


Estonia
EAU


Finland
KIRJAILIJA, KOPIOSTO, KUVASTO, TEOSTO
Teosto
Teosto 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, SACEM
Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique
Société 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, SESAM
Sesam
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, SGDL, SNAC, SPACEM


Georgia
SAS


Germany
BILD-KUNST, GEMA
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
Gesellschaft 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, SOPE
Sope
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, OSDEETE


Guatemala
AEI


Guinea
BGDA


Guinea-Bissau
SGA


Holy See (Vatican City State)
UFFICIO LEGALE


Honduras
AACIMH


Hong Kong
CASH
Cash
In 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
STEF
Stef
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India
IPRS


Indonesia
KCI, PAPPRI


Ireland
IMRO
Irish Music Rights Organisation
Irish 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, TALI
Tali
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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, SOGEM
SOGEM
SOGEM 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
SOMAS
Somàs
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Namibia
NASCAM


Nepal
CPSN, MRCSN


Netherlands
BUMA
BUMA/STEMRA
BUMA/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
BONO
Bono
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, TONO
TONO
TONO 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
RAO


Saint Lucia
ECCO


Senegal
BSDA


Serbia
SOKOJ


Singapore
COMPASS


Slovakia
LITA, SOZA
Soza
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Slovenia
SAZAS, ZAMP Association of Slovenia


South Africa
DALRO, SAMRO, SARRAL
Sarral
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Spain
DAMA, SGAE, VEGAP


Suriname
SASUR


Sweden
BUS, STIM
STIM
STIM, 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, SUISA
SUISA
SUISA 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, MÜST
Must
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Tanzania, United Republic of
COSOTA


Thailand
MCT


Togo
BUTODRA


Trinidad and Tobago
CCL, COTT
Cott
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Tunisia
OTPDA


Turkey
MESAM, MSG, SETEM


Uganda
UPRS


Ukraine
UACRR
UACRR
UACRR 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 Society
Design and Artists Copyright Society
The 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 UK
Directors UK
Directors 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 Society
Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society
The 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 Society
Performing Right Society
PRS 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 Incorporated
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast 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 America
Directors Guild of America
Directors 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 Association
National Music Publishers Association
The 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.
SESAC
SESAC, 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., VAGA
Vågå
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, Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
The 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
ZIMRA
Zimra
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