SUISA
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SUISA is the collecting society for Swiss songwriter
s, composer
s 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 formed in 1942, the name being derived from SUISse Auteurs.
It is the administrative body for the CAE number
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Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
s, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
s and music publishers. It undertakes collective rights management
Collective rights management
Collective rights management is the licensing of copyright and related rights by organizations acting on behalf of rights owners. Collective management organisations, such as collecting societies, typically represent groups of copyright and related rights owners, such as authors, composers,...
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 formed in 1942, the name being derived from SUISse Auteurs.
It is the administrative body for the CAE number
CAE number
In musical rights management, the CAE number was previously used to identify rights holders. The acronym "CAE" was devised by the national society of Switzerland, SUISA, and consisted of the French words Compositeur, Auteur and , for Composer, Author and Publisher...
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