Performance Rights Organizations
Performance rights organizations (PROs) provide intermediary functions, particularly royalty collection, between copyright holders and parties who wish to use copyrighted works publicly such as in shopping and dining venues. When a legal consumer purchases a work, like buying CDs from a music store, the customer is conferred a private performance right for that work. PROs usually collect royalties only when a work is used in a way that is incidental to the purpose of the user organization. When performing the work is essential to the purpose of the organization using the work, such as theaters and radio stations for broadcast, royalties are usually negotiated direction with the right holder.
In some countries PROs are called copyright collectives or copyright collecting agencies. A copyright collective is more general than a PRO as it is not limited to performances and includes reproduction rights organizations (RROs). RROs represent works distributed via mediums such as CD, audio cassettes, or computer files rather than use of works in public settings.
Region | PRO |
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Afghanistan | ? |
Albania | ALBAUTOR |
Algeria | ? |
American Samoa | ASCAP |
BMI | |
HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | |
SESAC | |
SoundExchange | |
Andorra | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Angola | ? |
Anguilla | ? |
Antarctica | ? |
Antigua and Barbuda | ? |
Argentina | SADAIC |
Armenia | ? |
Aruba | ? |
Australia | APRA AMCOS |
Austria | AKM |
Azerbaijan | COPAG |
Azores | SPA |
Bahamas | ? |
Bahrain | ? |
Bangladesh | ? |
Barbados | COSCAP |
Belarus | ? |
Belgium | SABAM |
Belize | ? |
Benin | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BUBEDRA | |
Bermuda | ? |
Bhutan | ? |
Bolivia | ? |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | ? |
Botswana | ? |
Bouvet Island | ? |
Brazil | SBACEM |
UBC | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | ? |
Brunei Darussalam | ? |
Bulgaria | BSACP |
MUSICAUTOR/BSACP | |
Burkina Faso | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BBDA | |
Burundi | ? |
Cambodia | ? |
Cameroon | MCPS-PRS |
SACEM | |
SDRM | |
Canada | CMRRA |
SOCAN | |
SODRAC | |
Cape Verde | ? |
Cayman Islands | ? |
Central African Republic | |
SDRM | |
BUCADA | |
Chad | ? |
Chile | SCD |
China | MCSC |
Christmas Island | ? |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | ? |
Colombia | SAYCO |
Comoros | ? |
Congo | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BCDA | |
Cook Islands | ? |
Costa Rica | ACAM |
Croatia | HDS |
Cuba | ACDAM |
Cyprus | ? |
Czech Republic | OSA |
Denmark | KODA |
Djibouti | ? |
Dominica | ? |
Dominican Republic | ? |
East Timor | ? |
Ecuador | ? |
Egypt | SACEM |
SDRM | |
SACERAU | |
El Salvador | ? |
Equatorial Guinea | ? |
Eritrea | ? |
Estonia | NCB |
EAÜ | |
Ethiopia | ? |
Europe | GESAC |
Falkland Islands | ? |
Faroe Islands | NCB |
Fiji | FCA |
Finland | TEOSTO |
Former Czechoslovakia | ? |
France | SACEM |
SDRM | |
French Austral and Antarctic territories | SACEM |
SDRM | |
TAAF | |
French Guyana | ? |
French Southern Territories | ? |
Gabon | ? |
Gambia | MCPS-PRS |
Georgia | GESAP |
Germany | GEMA |
GVL | |
Ghana | ? |
Gibraltar | ? |
Greece | AEPI |
Greenland | ? |
Grenada | ? |
Guadeloupe (French) | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Guam (USA) | ASCAP |
BMI | |
HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | |
SESAC | |
SoundExchange | |
Guatemala | ? |
Guinea | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BGDA | |
Guinea Bissau | SGA |
Guyana | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Haiti | ? |
Heard and McDonald Islands | ? |
Honduras | ? |
Hong Kong | CASH |
Hungary | ARTISJUS |
Iceland | STEF |
India | IPRS |
Indonesia | KCI |
International | AGICOA |
BIEM | |
CCLI | |
CISAC | |
Iran | ? |
Iraq | ? |
Ireland | MCPS Ireland |
IMRO | |
Israel | ACUM |
Italy | SIAE |
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BURIDA | |
Jamaica | JACAP |
Japan | JASRAC |
Jordan | ? |
Kazakhstan | ? |
Kenya | MCSK |
Kiribati | MCPS-PRS |
Korea, North | ? |
Korea, South | KOMCA |
Kuwait | ? |
Kyrgyzstan | ? |
Laos | ? |
Latvia | NCB |
AKKA/LAA | |
Lebanon | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Lesotho | ? |
Liberia | ? |
Libya | ? |
Liechtenstein | SUISA |
Lithuania | NCB |
LATGA-A | |
Luxembourg | SACEM |
SDRM | |
SACEM Luxembourg |
Region | PRO |
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Macau | MACA |
Macedonia | OMDA |
Madagascar | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Madeira | SPA |
Malawi | ? |
Malaysia | MACP |
Maldives | MCPS-PRS |
Mali | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BUMDA | |
Malta | MCPS-PRS |
Marshall Islands | ? |
Martinique (French) | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Mauritania | ? |
Mauritius | MCPS-PRS |
Mayotte | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Mexico | SACM |
Micronesia | ? |
Moldavia | ? |
Monaco | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Mongolia | ? |
Montenegro | SOKOJ |
Montserrat | ? |
Morocco | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BMDA | |
Mozambique | MCPS-PRS |
Myanmar | ? |
Namibia | MCPS-PRS |
Nauru | MCPS-PRS |
Nepal | ? |
Netherlands | BUMA |
STEMRA | |
CEDAR | |
SENA | |
Netherlands Antilles | ? |
New Caledonia (French) | SACEM |
New Caledonia (French) | SDRM |
New Zealand | AMCOS |
APRA | |
Nicaragua | ? |
Niger | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BNDL | |
Nigeria | MCPS-PRS |
MCSN | |
Niue | ? |
Norfolk Island | ? |
Northern Mariana Islands | ? |
Norway | GRAMO |
TONO | |
Oman | ? |
Pakistan | MCPS-PRS |
Palau | ? |
Panama | ? |
Papua New Guinea | MCPS-PRS |
Paraguay | APA |
Peru | APDASPAC |
APDAYC | |
Philippines | FILSCAP |
Pitcairn Island | ? |
Poland | ZAIKS |
Polynesia (French) | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Portugal | SPA |
Puerto Rico | ASCAP |
BMI | |
HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | |
SESAC | |
SoundExchange | |
Qatar | ? |
Reunion (French) | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Romania | UCMR-ADA |
Russian Federation | RAO |
Rwanda | ? |
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls. | ? |
Saint Helena | ? |
Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla | MCPS-PRS |
Saint Lucia | MCPS-PRS |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe | ? |
Saint Vincent & Grenadines | MCPS-PRS |
Samoa | MCPS-PRS |
San Marino | SIAE |
Saudi Arabia | ? |
Scandinavia | NCB |
Senegal | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BSDA | |
Serbia | SOKOJ |
Seychelles | MCPS-PRS |
Sierra Leone | MCPS-PRS |
Singapore | COMPASS |
MCPS-PRS | |
Slovak Republic | SOZA |
Slovenia | SAZAS |
Solomon Islands | MCPS-PRS |
Somalia | ? |
South Africa | SARRAL |
MCPS-PRS | |
SAMRO | |
Spain | SGAE |
Sri Lanka | MCPS-PRS |
Sudan | ? |
South Sudan | ? |
Suriname | ? |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | ? |
Swaziland | ? |
Sweden | SAMI |
STIM | |
Switzerland | SUISA (CAE) |
Syria | ? |
Tajikistan | ? |
Taiwan | MUST |
Tanzania | MCPS-PRS |
Thailand | MCT |
Togo | SACEM |
SDRM | |
BUTODRA | |
Tokelau | ? |
Tonga | ? |
Tongo | MCPS-PRS |
Trinidad and Tobago | COTT |
MCPS-PRS | |
Tunisia | ? |
Turkey | MESAM |
Turkmenistan | ? |
Turks and Caicos Islands | ? |
Tuvalu | MCPS-PRS |
Uganda | MCPS-PRS |
Ukraine | UACRR |
United Arab Emirates | ? |
United Kingdom | MCPS-PRS |
PAMRA | |
PPL (also see nemis) | |
Uruguay | AGADU |
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | ASCAP |
BMI | |
HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | |
SESAC | |
SoundExchange | |
Uzbekistan | ? |
Vanuatu | MCPS-PRS |
Vatican City State | SIAE |
Venezuela | SACVEN |
Vietnam | ? |
Virgin Islands (British) | MCPS-PRS |
Virgin Islands (USA) | ASCAP |
BMI | |
HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | |
SESAC | |
SoundExchange | |
Wallis and Futuna Islands | SACEM |
SDRM | |
Western Sahara | ? |
Yemen | ? |
Yugoslavia | ? |
Zaire | ? |
Zambia | MCPS-PRS |
Zimbabwe | ? |