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PRO (Performance Rights Organization)
Performance rights organizations (PROs) provide intermediary functions, particularly royalty collection, between copyright holders and parties who wish to use copyrighted works publicly such as shopping and dining venues. Legal consumer purchase of works, such as buying CDs from a music store, confer private performance rights. PROs usually only collect royalties when use of a work is incidental to an organization's purpose. Royalties for works essential to an organization's purpose, such as theaters and radio, are usually negotiated directly with the rights 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 (RRO's). RROs represent works distributed via mediums such as CD, audiocasette, or computer file rather than use of works in public settings.
(Text borrowed from Wikipedia.)
Country | PRO | Country | PRO |
Afghanistan | ? | Luxembourg | SACEM |
Albania | ALBAUTOR | Luxembourg | SDRM |
Algeria | ? | Luxembourg | SACEM Luxembourg |
American Samoa | ASCAP | Macau | ? |
American Samoa | BMI | Macedonia | OMDA |
American Samoa | HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | Madagascar | SACEM |
American Samoa | SESAC | Madagascar | SDRM |
American Samoa | SoundExchange | Madeira | SPA |
Andorra | SACEM | Malawi | ? |
Andorra | SDRM | Malaysia | MACP |
Angola | ? | Maldives | MCPS-PRS |
Anguilla | ? | Mali | SACEM |
Antarctica | ? | Mali | SDRM |
Antigua and Barbuda | ? | Mali | BUMDA |
Argentina | SADAIC | Malta | MCPS-PRS |
Armenia | ? | Marshall Islands | ? |
Aruba | ? | Martinique (French) | SACEM |
Australia | AMCOS | Martinique (French) | SDRM |
Australia | APRA | Mauritania | ? |
Austria | AKM | Mauritius | MCPS-PRS |
Austria | Austro Mechana | Mayotte | SACEM |
Azerbaidjan | ? | Mayotte | SDRM |
Azores | SPA | Mexico | SACM |
Bahamas | ? | Micronesia | ? |
Bahrain | ? | Moldavia | ? |
Bangladesh | ? | Monaco | SACEM |
Barbados | COSCAP | Monaco | SDRM |
Belarus | ? | Mongolia | ? |
Belgium | SABAM | Montenegro | SOKOJ |
Belize | ? | Montserrat | ? |
Benin | SACEM | Morocco | SACEM |
Benin | SDRM | Morocco | SDRM |
Benin | BUBEDRA | Morocco | BMDA |
Bermuda | ? | Mozambique | MCPS-PRS |
Bhutan | ? | Myanmar | ? |
Bolivia | ? | Namibia | MCPS-PRS |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | ? | Nauru | MCPS-PRS |
Botswana | ? | Nepal | ? |
Bouvet Island | ? | Netherlands | BUMA |
Brazil | SBACEM | Netherlands | STEMRA |
Brazil | UBC | Netherlands | CEDAR |
British Indian Ocean Territory | ? | Netherlands | SENA |
Brunei Darussalam | ? | Netherlands Antilles | ? |
Bulgaria | BSACP | New Caledonia (French) | SACEM |
Bulgaria | MUSICAUTOR/BSACP | New Caledonia (French) | SDRM |
Burkina Faso | SACEM | New Zealand | AMCOS |
Burkina Faso | SDRM | New Zealand | APRA |
Burkina Faso | BBDA | Nicaragua | ? |
Burundi | ? | Niger | SACEM |
Cambodia | ? | Niger | SDRM |
Cameroon | MCPS-PRS | Niger | BNDL |
Cameroon | SACEM | Nigeria | MCPS-PRS |
Cameroon | SDRM | Nigeria | MCSN |
Canada | CMRRA | Niue | ? |
Canada | SOCAN | Norfolk Island | ? |
Canada | SODRAC | Northern Mariana Islands | ? |
Cape Verde | ? | Norway | GRAMO |
Cayman Islands | ? | Norway | TONO |
Central African Republic | SACEM | Oman | ? |
Central African Republic | SDRM | Pakistan | MCPS-PRS |
Central African Republic | BUCADA | Palau | ? |
Chad | ? | Panama | ? |
Chile | SCD | Papua New Guinea | MCPS-PRS |
China | MCSC | Paraguay | APA |
Christmas Island | ? | Peru | APDASPAC |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | ? | Peru | APDAYC |
Colombia | SAYCO | Philippines | FILSCAP |
Comoros | ? | Pitcairn Island | ? |
Congo | SACEM | Poland | ZAIKS |
Congo | SDRM | Polynesia (French) | SACEM |
Congo | BCDA | Polynesia (French) | SDRM |
Cook Islands | ? | Portugal | SPA |
Costa Rica | ACAM | Puerto Rico | ASCAP |
Croatia | HDS | Puerto Rico | BMI |
Cuba | ACDAM | Puerto Rico | HFA (Harry Fox Agency) |
Cyprus | ? | Puerto Rico | SESAC |
Czech Republic | OSA | Puerto Rico | SoundExchange |
Denmark | KODA | Qatar | ? |
Djibouti | ? | Reunion (French) | SACEM |
Dominica | ? | Reunion (French) | SDRM |
Dominican Republic | ? | Romania | UCMR-ADA |
East Timor | ? | Russian Federation | RAO |
Ecuador | ? | Rwanda | ? |
Egypt | SACEM | S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls. | ? |
Egypt | SDRM | Saint Helena | ? |
Egypt | SACERAU | Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla | MCPS-PRS |
El Salvador | ? | Saint Lucia | MCPS-PRS |
Equatorial Guinea | ? | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SACEM |
Eritrea | ? | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SDRM |
Estonia | NCB | Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe | ? |
Estonia | EAU | Saint Vincent & Grenadines | MCPS-PRS |
Ethiopia | ? | Samoa | MCPS-PRS |
Europe | GESAC | San Marino | SIAE |
Falkland Islands | ? | Saudi Arabia | ? |
Faroe Islands | NCB | Scandinavia | NCB |
Fiji | FCA | Senegal | SACEM |
Finland | TEOSTO | Senegal | SDRM |
Former Czechoslovakia | ? | Senegal | BSDA |
France | SACEM | Serbia | SOKOJ |
France | SDRM | Seychelles | MCPS-PRS |
French Austral and Antartic territories | SACEM | Sierra Leone | MCPS-PRS |
French Austral and Antartic territories | SDRM | Singapore | COMPASS |
French Austral and Antartic territories | TAAF | Singapore | MCPS-PRS |
French Guyana | ? | Slovak Republic | SOZA |
French Southern Territories | ? | Slovenia | SAZAS |
Gabon | ? | Solomon Islands | MCPS-PRS |
Gambia | MCPS-PRS | Somalia | ? |
Georgia | GESAP | South Africa | SARRAL |
Germany | GEMA | South Africa | MCPS-PRS |
Germany | GVL | South Africa | SAMRO |
Ghana | ? | Spain | SGAE |
Gibraltar | ? | Sri Lanka | MCPS-PRS |
Greece | AEPI | Sudan | ? |
Greenland | ? | Suriname | ? |
Grenada | ? | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | ? |
Guadeloupe (French) | SACEM | Swaziland | ? |
Guadeloupe (French) | SDRM | Sweden | SAMI |
Guam (USA) | ASCAP | Sweden | STIM |
Guam (USA) | BMI | Switzerland | SUISA |
Guam (USA) | HFA (Harry Fox Agency) | Syria | ? |
Guam (USA) | SESAC | Tadjikistan | ? |
Guam (USA) | SoundExchange | Taiwan | MUST |
Guatemala | ? | Tanzania | MCPS-PRS |
Guinea | SACEM | Thailand | ? |
Guinea | SDRM | Togo | SACEM |
Guinea | BGDA | Togo | SDRM |
Guinea Bissau | SGA | Togo | BUTODRA |
Guyana | SACEM | Tokelau | ? |
Guyana | SDRM | Tonga | ? |
Haiti | ? | Tongo | MCPS-PRS |
Heard and McDonald Islands | ? | Trinidad and Tobago | COTT |
Honduras | ? | Trinidad and Tobago | MCPS-PRS |
Hong Kong | CASH | Tunisia | ? |
Hungary | ARTISJUS | Turkey | MESAM |
Iceland | STEF | Turkmenistan | ? |
India | IPRS | Turks and Caicos Islands | ? |
Indonesia | KCI | Tuvalu | MCPS-PRS |
International | BIEM | Uganda | MCPS-PRS |
International | CISAC | Ukraine | UACRR |
Iran | ? | United Arab Emirates | ? |
Iraq | ? | United Kingdom | MCPS-PRS |
Ireland | MCPS Ireland | United Kingdom | PAMRA |
Ireland | IMRO | United Kingdom | PPL |
Israel | ACUM | Uruguay | AGADU |
Italy | SIAE | USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | ASCAP |
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | SACEM | USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | BMI |
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | SDRM | USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | HFA (Harry Fox Agency) |
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | BURIDA | USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | SESAC |
Jamaica | JACAP | USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands | SoundExchange |
Japan | JASRAC | Uzbekistan | ? |
Jordan | ? | Vanuatu | MCPS-PRS |
Kazakhstan | ? | Vatican City State | SIAE |
Kenya | MCSK | Venezuela | SACVEN |
Kiribati | MCPS-PRS | Vietnam | ? |
Korea, North | ? | Virgin Islands (British) | MCPS-PRS |
Korea, South | KOMCA | Virgin Islands (USA) | ASCAP |
Kuwait | ? | Virgin Islands (USA) | BMI |
Kyrgyzstan | ? | Virgin Islands (USA) | HFA (Harry Fox Agency) |
Laos | ? | Virgin Islands (USA) | SESAC |
Latvia | NCB | Virgin Islands (USA) | SoundExchange |
Latvia | AKKA/LAA | Wallis and Futuna Islands | SACEM |
Lebanon | SACEM | Wallis and Futuna Islands | SDRM |
Lebanon | SDRM | Western Sahara | ? |
Lesotho | ? | Yemen | ? |
Liberia | ? | Yugoslavia | ? |
Libya | ? | Zaire | ? |
Liechtenstein | SUISA | Zambia | MCPS-PRS |
Lithuania | NCB | Zimbabwe | ? |
Lithuania | LATGA-A |