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Performing
Rights
Performing
Rights Organizations
These organizations
exist to ensure that the songwriters and publishers of the world are properly
paid for the use of their songs, whether it’s performances on radio, television
or in concert. The following list starts with Canadian content (pun intended),
and then covers the American associations and some of the international ones.
Addresses for all are included, and can also be found by clicking the ADDRESS
button on the left.
SOCAN
The Society of Composers,
Authors, & Music Publishers of Canada is a performing rights society, the
only national one in Canada (all provinces and territories, including Quebec).
Its role is to license the users of music in return for copyright fees.
SOCAN is responsible
for collecting the royalties from radio, TV, live concerts and performances,
on behalf of the music publisher. SOCAN then distributes these fees, as royalties,
to SOCAN members in Canada, and the thousands of foreign music copyright owners
whose works the society also licenses in this country. SOCAN's distributions
reflect the use of music in Canada. If foreign music is performed, royalties
will be paid to foreign copyright owners. If Canadian music is performed in
other countries, royalties are then collected by the performing rights agency
in that country, (i.e. ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC in the US and the PRS in the UK,
etc.) and forwarded to the rightful owner in Canada, through SOCAN.
SOCAN maintains
a Head Office in Don Mills, Ontario, with regional offices in Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia, Edmonton, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia.
SOCAN (Head
Office)
41 Valleybrook Drive
Don Mills, ON Canada M3B 2S6
Tel: (416) 445-8700
1 800 55 SOCAN
Fax: (416) 445-7108
Email: socan@socan.ca
Internet: www.socan.ca
Regional Offices:
Dartmouth (902) 464-7000 or 1-800-707-6226
Edmonton (403) 468-0905 or 1-800-517-6226
Montreal (514) 844-8377 or 1-800-797-6226
Vancouver (604) 699-5569 or 1-800-937-6226
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers' Authors & Publishers is a performing
arts membership society of over 68,000 active composers, songwriters, lyricists
and music publishers. ASCAP was created in 1914 to provide the essential link
between the creators of music and the users of music. Besides New York, there
are offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, London (UK) and Puerto Rico.
ASCAP
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY, USA 10023
Tel: (212) 621-6000
Email: info@ascap.com
Internet: www.ascap.com
BMI
Broadcast Music, Inc. was founded in New York in 1940, and exists to protect
the performing rights of over 120,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers;
and to distribute royalties to them for those performing rights. From its inception,
BMI has supported the creators and copyright holders of the widest possible
range of music, including pop, country, rhythm & blues, rock, jazz, Latin,
gospel and contemporary concert music. To join BMI, complete an application
and sign a contract. No fees or dues are required for songwriters and composers.
Publishers pay a one-time $50 processing fee with no further dues or charges.
There are offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and London (UK).
BMI
320 West 57th Street,
New York, NY, USA 10019
Tel: (212) 586-2000
Email: licensing@bmi.com
Internet: www.bmi.com
SESAC
INC.
SESAC, Inc, is a performing rights organization, with headquarters in Nashville
and an international office in New York. SESAC was founded in 1930, making it
the second oldest performing rights organization in the United States. SESAC's
repertory, once limited to European and gospel music, has diversified to include
today's most popular music, including dance hits, rock classics, the best of
Latina music, the hottest jazz, the hippest country and the coolest contemporary
Christian music. SESAC is the smallest of the three U.S. performing rights organizations
(ASCAP & BMI).
SESAC INC.
55 Music Square East
Nashville, TN USA 37203
Tel: (615) 320-0055
Tel: 1-800-826-9996 (Nashville)
Fax: (615) 329-9627
Tel: (212) 586-3450 (New York)
Email: license@sesac.com
Internet: www.sesac.com
PRS
The Performing Rights Society is the UK association of composers, songwriters
and music publishers. It administers the "performing right" in their
music. Whenever copyright music is heard in public the people who own the copyright
in the work are entitled by law to give permission and should get paid by the
music user. But, the people who create and publish the music need help to give
that permission (license their music) and to collect the fees due. So they give
PRS the right to do both on their behalf.
PRS Head Office
29-33 Berners Street
London W1P 4AA.
Tel: 0171 580 5544
Fax: 0171 306 4050
Email: pubrel@prs.co.uk
Internet: www.prs.co.uk
CISAC
Confederation Internationale des Societes D'Auteurs, et Compositeurs/ International
Confederation of Societies of Authors & Composers, is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization embracing 161 members (159 societies and two organizations) representing
creators in 87 countries. It was founded in 1926 in Paris where its headquarters
still exist today. It represents more than a million creators of musical, dramatic,
literary and audio-visual works and of works of visual art (such as fine art,
sculpture, photography and illustration).
CISAC is officially
accredited with UNESCO, WIPO (The World Intellectual Property Organization),
the Council of Europe, and the European Community, where CISAC makes the voice
of creators heard and defends their interests. In agreement with its member
Societies, it encourages governments to improve legislation protecting creators.
CISAC
11, rue Keppler
75116 Paris France
Tel: 33-1 47-208101
Fax: 33-1 47- 230266
Email: 100622.406@compuserve.com
Internet: www.cisac.org
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