Performance Rights Organizations

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
Afghanistan	?
Albania	ALBAUTOR
Algeria	?
American Samoa	ASCAP
American Samoa	BMI
American Samoa	HFA (Harry Fox Agency)
American Samoa	SESAC
American Samoa	SoundExchange
Andorra	SACEM
Andorra	SDRM
Angola	?]
Anguilla	?]
Antarctica	?]
Antigua and Barbuda	?]
Argentina	SADAIC
Armenia	?]
Aruba	?]
Australia	AMCOS
Australia	APRA
Austria	AKM
Austria	Austro Mechana
Azerbaidjan	?]
Azores	SPA
Bahamas	?]
Bahrain	?]
Bangladesh	?]
Barbados	COSCAP ]
Belarus	?]
Belgium	SABAM
Belize	?]
Benin	SACEM
Benin	SDRM
Benin	BUBEDRA ]
Bermuda	?]
Bhutan	?]
Bolivia	?]
Bosnia-Herzegovina	?]
Botswana	?]
Bouvet Island	?]
Brazil	SBACEM ]
Brazil	UBC ]
British Indian Ocean Territory	?]
Brunei Darussalam	?]
Bulgaria	BSACP ]
Bulgaria	MUSICAUTOR/BSACP ]
Burkina Faso	SACEM
Burkina Faso	SDRM
Burkina Faso	BBDA ]
Burundi	?]
Cambodia	?]
Cameroon	MCPS-PRS
Cameroon	SACEM
Cameroon	SDRM
Canada	CMRRA
Canada	SOCAN
Canada	SODRAC
Cape Verde	?]
Cayman Islands	?]
Central African Republic	SACEM
Central African Republic	SDRM
Central African Republic	BUCADA ]
Chad	?]
Chile	SCD
China	MCSC ]
Christmas Island	?]
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	?]
Colombia	SAYCO ]
Comoros	?]
Congo	SACEM
Congo	SDRM
Congo	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
Egypt	SDRM
Egypt	SACERAU ]
El Salvador	?]
Equatorial Guinea	?]
Eritrea	?]
Estonia	NCB
Estonia	EAU ]
Ethiopia	?]
Europe	GESAC
Falkland Islands	?]
Faroe Islands	NCB
Fiji	FCA ]
Finland	TEOSTO
Former Czechoslovakia	?]
France	SACEM
France	SDRM
French Austral and Antartic territories	SACEM
French Austral and Antartic territories	SDRM
French Austral and Antartic territories	TAAF ]
French Guyana	?]
French Southern Territories	?]
Gabon	?]
Gambia	MCPS-PRS
Georgia	GESAP ]
Germany	GEMA
Germany	GVL
Ghana	?]
Gibraltar	?]
Greece	AEPI
Greenland	?]
Grenada	?]
Guadeloupe (French)	SACEM
Guadeloupe (French)	SDRM
Guam (USA)	ASCAP
Guam (USA)	BMI
Guam (USA)	HFA (Harry Fox Agency)
Guam (USA)	SESAC
Guam (USA)	SoundExchange
Guatemala	?]
Guinea	SACEM
Guinea	SDRM
Guinea	BGDA ]
Guinea Bissau	SGA ]
Guyana	SACEM
Guyana	SDRM
Haiti	?]
Heard and McDonald Islands	?]
Honduras	?]
Hong Kong	CASH
Hungary	ARTISJUS
Iceland	STEF
India	IPRS ]
Indonesia	KCI
International	BIEM
International	CISAC
Iran	?]
Iraq	?]
Ireland	MCPS Ireland
Ireland	IMRO ]
Israel	ACUM
Italy	SIAE
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	SACEM
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	SDRM
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	BURIDA ]
Jamaica	JACAP ]
Japan	JASRAC
Jordan	?]
Kazakhstan	?]
Kenya	MCSK ]
Kiribati	MCPS-PRS
Korea, North	?]
Korea, South	KOMCA
Kuwait	?]
Kyrgyzstan	?]
Laos	?]
Latvia	NCB
Latvia	AKKA/LAA ]
Lebanon	SACEM
Lebanon	SDRM
Lesotho	?]
Liberia	?]
Libya	?]
Liechtenstein	SUISA
Lithuania	NCB
Lithuania	LATGA-A]
Luxembourg	SACEM
Luxembourg	SDRM
Luxembourg	SACEM Luxembourg ]
Macau	?]
Macedonia	OMDA ]
Madagascar	SACEM
Madagascar	SDRM
Madeira	SPA
Malawi	?]
Malaysia	MACP ]
Maldives	MCPS-PRS
Mali	SACEM
Mali	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Mali	BUMDA
Malta	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Marshall Islands	?
Martinique (French)	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Martinique (French)	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Mauritania	?
Mauritius	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Mayotte	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Mayotte	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Mexico	[http://www.sacm.org.mx/ SACM
Micronesia	?
Moldavia	?
Monaco	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Monaco	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Mongolia	?
Montenegro	SOKOJ
Montserrat	?
Morocco	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Morocco	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Morocco	BMDA
Mozambique	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Myanmar	?
Namibia	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Nauru	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Nepal	?
Netherlands	[http://www.bumastemra.nl/ BUMA
Netherlands	[http://www.bumastemra.nl/ STEMRA
Netherlands	[http://www.cedar.nl/ CEDAR
Netherlands	[http://www.sena.nl/ SENA
Netherlands Antilles	?
New Caledonia (French)	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
New Caledonia (French)	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
New Zealand	[http://www.apra.com.au/ AMCOS
New Zealand	[http://www.apra.com.au/ APRA
Nicaragua	?
Niger	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Niger	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Niger	BNDL
Nigeria	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Nigeria	MCSN
Niue	?
Norfolk Island	?
Northern Mariana Islands	?
Norway	[http://www.gramo.no/ GRAMO
Norway	[http://www.tono.no/ TONO
Oman	?
Pakistan	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Palau	?
Panama	?
Papua New Guinea	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Paraguay	APA
Peru	APDASPAC
Peru	APDAYC
Philippines	FILSCAP
Pitcairn Island	?
Poland	[http://www.zaiks.org.pl/ ZAIKS
Polynesia (French)	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Polynesia (French)	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Portugal	[http://www.spautores.pt/ SPA
Puerto Rico	[http://www.ascap.com/ ASCAP
Puerto Rico	[http://www.bmi.com/ BMI
Puerto Rico	[http://www.harryfox.com/ HFA (Harry Fox Agency)
Puerto Rico	[http://www.sesac.com/ SESAC
Puerto Rico	[http://www.soundexchange.com/ SoundExchange
Qatar	?
Reunion (French)	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Reunion (French)	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Romania	[http://www.ucmr-ada.ro/ UCMR-ADA
Russian Federation	[http://rao.ru/ RAO
Rwanda	?
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls.	?
Saint Helena	?
Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Saint Lucia	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe	?
Saint Vincent & Grenadines	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Samoa	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
San Marino	[http://www.siae.it/ SIAE
Saudi Arabia	?
Scandinavia	[http://www.ncb.dk/ NCB
Senegal	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Senegal	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Senegal	BSDA
Serbia	SOKOJ
Seychelles	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Sierra Leone	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Singapore	[http://www.compass.org.sg/ COMPASS
Singapore	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Slovak Republic	[http://www.soza.sk/ SOZA
Slovenia	[http://www.sazas.org/ SAZAS
Solomon Islands	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Somalia	?
South Africa	[http://sarral.org.za/ SARRAL
South Africa	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
South Africa	[http://www.samro.org.za/ SAMRO
Spain	[http://www.sgae.es/ SGAE
Sri Lanka	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Sudan	?
Suriname	?
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands	?
Swaziland	?
Sweden	[http://www.sami.se/ SAMI
Sweden	[http://www.stim.se/ STIM
Switzerland	[http://www.suisa.ch/ SUISA
Syria	?
Tadjikistan	?
Taiwan	MUST
Tanzania	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Thailand	?
Togo	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Togo	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Togo	BUTODRA
Tokelau	?
Tonga	?
Tongo	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Trinidad and Tobago	[http://www.cott.org.tt/ COTT
Trinidad and Tobago	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Tunisia	?
Turkey	[http://www.mesam.org.tr/ MESAM
Turkmenistan	?
Turks and Caicos Islands	?
Tuvalu	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Uganda	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Ukraine	UACRR
United Arab Emirates	?
United Kingdom	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
United Kingdom	PAMRA
United Kingdom	PPL
Uruguay	[http://www.agadu.com.uy/ AGADU
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands	[http://www.ascap.com/ ASCAP
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands	[http://www.bmi.com/ BMI
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands	[http://www.harryfox.com/ HFA (Harry Fox Agency)
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands	[http://www.sesac.com/ SESAC
USA / USA Minor Outlying Islands	[http://www.soundexchange.com/ SoundExchange
Uzbekistan	?
Vanuatu	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Vatican City State	[http://www.siae.it/ SIAE
Venezuela	SACVEN
Vietnam	?
Virgin Islands (British)	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Virgin Islands (USA)	[http://www.ascap.com/ ASCAP
Virgin Islands (USA)	[http://www.bmi.com/ BMI
Virgin Islands (USA)	[http://www.harryfox.com/ HFA (Harry Fox Agency)
Virgin Islands (USA)	[http://www.sesac.com/ SESAC
Virgin Islands (USA)	[http://www.soundexchange.com/ SoundExchange
Wallis and Futuna Islands	[http://www.sacem.fr/ SACEM
Wallis and Futuna Islands	[http://www.sdrm.fr/ SDRM
Western Sahara	?
Yemen	?
Yugoslavia	?
Zaire	?
Zambia	[http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/ MCPS-PRS
Zimbabwe	?