Performing Rights Organisations Worldwide

With any music, including royalty free music, public performances must be notified to your local Performance Rights society. You can usually do this through the broadcaster who's transmitting your production (by giving them a cue sheet), or you may contact them directly. If you aren't sure what a "public performance" is, ask your local society - basically if the public can hear the music, then it usually counts as a "performance" but there are different interpretations around the world. Follow the link to your local Performance Rights Organisation to check their local terms if you are unsure. Links are provided below for each country.




Argentina SADAIC


Australia APRA http://www.apra.com.au/


Austria AKM http://www.akm.co.at/


Belgium SABAM http://www.sabam.be/


Brazil UBC http://www.ubc.org.br/, ECAD http://www.ecad.com.br/


Bulgaria Musicautor http://music.bg/musicautor


Canada SOCAN http://www.socan.ca/


Chile SCD http://www.scd.cl/


Colombia SAYCO http://www.sayco.org/


Croatia HDS http://www.hds.hr/


Czech Republic OSA http://www.osa.cz/


Denmark KODA http://www.koda.dk/


Estonia EAÜ http://www.eauthors.ee/


Finland TEOSTO http://www.teosto.fi/
Greece AE http://www.aepi.gr/


France SACEM http://www.sacem.fr/


Germany GEMA http://www.gema.de/


Hong Kong CASH http://www.cash.org.hk/


Hungary Artisjus


Iceland STEF


India IPRS http://www.indiavibes.com/iprs


Ireland IMRO http://www.imro.ie/


Israel ACUM http://www.acum.org.il/


Italy SIAE http://www.siae.it/


Japan JASRAC http://www.jasrac.or.jp/ejhp/


Lithuania LATGA-A http://www.latga.lt/


Malaysia MACP http://www.macp.com.my/


Mexico SACM http://www.sacm.org.mx/


Netherlands BUMA http://www.buma.nl/
New Zealand APRA http://www.apra.com.au/


Norway TONO http://www.tono.no/


Poland ZAIKS http://www.zaiks.org.pl/


Portugal SPA http://www.spautores.pt/


Russia RAO http://www.rao.ru/


Singapore COMPASS http://www.compass.org.sg/


South Africa SAMRO


Spain SGAE http://www.sgae.es/


Sweden STIM http://www.stim.se/


Switzerland SUISA http://www.suisa.ch/


Trinidad & Tobago COTT


Turkey MESAM http://www.mesam.org.tr/


United Kingdom PRS http://www.prs.co.uk/


Uruguay AGADU http://www.agadu.com/


USA


ASCAP http://www.ascap.com/


BMI http://www.bmi.com/


SESAC http://www.sesac.com/


SOUND EXCHANGE http://www.soundexchange.com/