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BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.- collects and distributes performance royalties on behalf of songwriter and publisher members.) SESAC (SESAC - - collects and distributes performance royalties on behalf of songwriter and publisher members.) Sound Exchange (Collects & distribute DIGITAL PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES FOR THE MASTER SOUND RECORDING on behalf of featured recording artists, master rights owners, and independent artists who record and own their masters.) MEDIA GUIDE (Mediaguide uses proprietary digital fingerprinting and watermarking technology to monitor and measure music and advertisement airplay on more than 2500 commercial, non-commercial and college radio stations in over 150 US markets, real time, 24/7.) NEILSON SOUNDSCAN / BROADCAST DATA SYSTEM (Neilson Sound Scan tracks music and music-video product sales as well as radio-station music plays. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems is the world’s leading provider of performance monitoring for the entertainment industry. Employing a patented, digital-pattern-recognition technology, Nielsen BDS captures in excess of 100 million song performances occurring on more than 2,000 radio, satellite radio, network radio, and music video channels across Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States. ) COMPETITRACK (Provides tracking of music used in advertisements by monitoring 18 media: network, cable, spot, syndicated and local cable television; national, local, and trade magazines; newspaper distributed magazines; national and local newspapers; online; radio; outdoor; viral advertising; cinema; alternative media; and inserts and retail circulars.) COPYRIGHT, LICENSING, & RESOURCES The US Copyright Office The Harry Fox Agency (Issues mechanical licenses on behalf of the Publishers it represents.) Rights Flow (Issues mechanical licenses on behalf of Labels & Distributors, Artists, and Music Services it represents.) Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) (Songwriting trade organization committed to protecting the rights and future of the profession of songwriting, and to educate, elevate, and celebrate songwriters.) Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of NSAI (Regional NSAI Workshop - providing education, networking, and performance opportunities for songwriters in the Eastern PA Region!) SADAIC (Author and Composer Society of Argentina AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND AMCOS (Australian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society) APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association) AUSTRIA AUSTRO-MECHANA (Austrian Mechanical and Performing Rights Society AKM (Lyricists, Composers, and Publishers Association of Austria) BARBADOS COSCAP (Copyright Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers BELGIUM SABAM (Belgian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers) BRAZIL ABRAMUS (Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers AMAR (Society of Authors, Composers, Performers and Music Publishers of Brazil) UBC (Brazilian Composers Society) CANADA CMRRA (Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency) SOCAN (Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers of Canada) CHILE SCD (Music Copyright Society of Chile) CHINA MCSC (Music Copyright Society of China) COSTA RICA ACAM (Society of Composers and Authors of Costa Rica) CZECH REPUBLIC OSA (Public Performance Rights Society) DENMARK KODA (Danish music rights society) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SGACEDOM (Dominican Republic Society of Authors, Composers, and Editors) ECUADOR SACYE (Society of Authors and Composers of Ecuador) EL SALVADOR SACIM (Society of Authors and Composers of El Salvador) FINLAND TEOSTO (Finnish Composer Copyright Society) FRANCE SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publisher GEORGIA SAS (Georgian Society of Authors and Composers) GERMANY GEMA (German mechanical and performing rights society GREECE AEPI (Hellenic Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property) GUATEMALA AGAYC (Author and Composer Society of Guatemala) HONG KONG CASH (Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong HUNGARY ARTISJUS (Association of Hungarian Composers and Lyrics Writers) ICELAND STEF (Icelandic Performing Rights Society) INDIA IPRS (Indian Performing Rights Society) INDONESIA KCI (Indonesian Music Rights Organization) IRELAND IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organization ISRAEL ACUM (Authors, Composers and Music Publishers Association) Italy SIAE (Author and Composer Society of Italy) JAMAICA JACAP (Jamaican Association of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) JAPAN JASRAC (Japanese mechanical and performing rights society) KENYA MCSK (Music Copyright Society of Kenya) KOREA KOMCA (Korean Music Copyright Association) LATVIA AKKA/LAA (Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Copyright Agency) LITHUANIA LATGA-A (Agency of Lithuanian Copyright Protection Agency) MALAYSIA MACP (Music Authors Copyright Protection) MEXICO SACM (Society of Authors and Composers of Music) NETHERLANDS BUMA/STEMRA (Netherlands mechanical rights & performing rights organization) NICARAGUA NICAUTOR (Society of Authors and Composers) NORWAY TONO (Music Rights Society of Norway) PANAMA SPAC (Authors and Composers Society of Panama) PERU APDAYC (Association of Peruvian Authors and Composers) PHILIPINES FILSCAP (Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) PORTUGAL SPA (Society of Authors of Portugal) REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE COMPASS (Composers and Authors Society of Singapore ROMANIA UCMR-DDA (Union of Composers and Musicologists in Romania/Authors Rights Department) RUSSIA ROA (Russian Authors Association) Serbia SOKOJ (Serbian Organization of Composers) SOUTH AFRICA SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) SPAIN SGAE (General Society of Composers and Publishers) SWEDEN STIM (Swedish Author and Composer Society) SWITZERLAND SUISA (Swiss music rights society) TAIWAN MUST (Music Copyright Intermediary Society of Chinese Taipei) THAILAMD MCT (Music Copyright Society of Thailand) TURKEY MESAM (Turkish Music Rights Society) UNITED KINGDOM MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) PRS (Performing Rights Society) |