US Introduces New Copyright Exemptions
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Collecting society licences
April 2009
See also:
- copyright collecting societies webpage
- Copyright collecting societies information sheet
| copyright material | collecting society | members | what it does | links to information on licences |
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| Music and lyrics | APRA|AMCOS Australian Performing Right Association Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers | Licenses:
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| Music and lyrics (for churches) | CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd) LicenSing (division of MediaCom Inc) Word of Life Pty Ltd | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers of Christian music | License certain uses of music in their repertoire, principally in churches:
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| Recorded music | AMCOS Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association | AMCOS's members are music publishers ARIA's members are record companies | License, jointly, certain uses of recorded music | |
| Recordings of music Music videos | PPCA Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd | Record companies; PPCA also distributes income to Australian recording artists registered with it | Licenses public performance, broadcasting, music on hold and internet communication * you will usually need an APRA|AMCOS licence too, for the separate copyrights in the music and lyrics | |
| Text & associated images, & notated music in some cases | CAL Copyright Agency Limited | Authors, journalists, photographers, visual artists, publishers | Administers statutory licences for educational and government use of text, images and notated music Licenses reproduction of text by other entities such as local governments and associations | CAL's licensing schemes |
| Artistic works | VISCOPY Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency | Visual artists (including some Indigenous artists) | Licenses reproduction and other uses | |
| Artistic works (Indigenous) | Aboriginal Artists Agency | Some Indigenous artists | Licenses reproduction and other uses | |
| TV and radio programs | Screenrights | Owners of rights in TV and radio programs | Administers statutory licences for:
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