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Copyright collecting societies
April 2009
Copyright collecting societies are
non-profit organisations which license or administer certain uses
of copyright material on behalf of their members and members of affiliated overseas societies.
Licences offered by collecting societies can be referred to the
Copyright Tribunal for determination of terms and conditions, including
fees.
Most of the collecting societies adhere to the Collecting Societies
Code of Conduct, which is periodically reviewed by a Code Reviewer
(currently a former Federal Court judge).
See also:
- collecting society licences webpage
- Copyright collecting societies information sheet
| collecting society | members | what it does |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal Artists Agency | Some Indigenous artists | Licenses reproduction and other uses of Indingeous art |
| APRA Australian Performing Right Association | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers | Licenses a range of uses of music. |
| AMCOS Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society | Music publishers | Licenses, via APRA, certain reproductions of music. |
| ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association | Record companies | ARIA
is principally the industry association for the recording industry, but
it jointly licences (with AMCOS) some uses of recorded music |
| ASDACS Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society | Film directors | Does not license its members' works. Distributes to its members copyright fees for use of their work overseas. |
| AWGACS Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society | Screenwriters | Does not license its members' works. Distributes to its members copyright fees for use of their work overseas. |
| 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 and images by other entities such as local governments and associations |
| CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd) | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers of Christian music | License certain uses of music in their repertoire, principally in churches. |
| LicenSing (division of MediaCom Inc) | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers of Christian music | License certain uses of music in their repertoire, principally in churches. |
| 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 of recordings of music and music videos |
| Screenrights | Owners of rights in TV and radio programs | Administers statutory licences educational and government recording from TV and radio, and retransmission of free-to-air broadcasts |
| VISCOPY Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency | Visual artists (including Indigenous artists) | Licenses reproduction and other uses of artistic works |
| Word of Life Pty Ltd | Composers, songwriters, lyricists, music publishers of Christian music | License certain uses of music in their repertoire, principally in churches. |