List Of CISAC Members

	List Of CISAC Members This is a list of International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (french: Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs) or CISAC members. As of September 2011, CISAC counts among its members 232 authors' societies in 121 countries. Africa Algeria : ONDA Angola : SADIA, UNAC-SA Benin : BUBEDRA Burkina Faso : BBDA Cameroon : CMC, SOCILADRA Central African Republic : BUCADA Congo : BCDA Côte d'Ivoire : BURIDA Democratic Republic of Congo : SONECA Egypt : SACERAU Ghana : COSGA Guinea : BGDA Kenya : MCSK Madagascar : OMDA Malawi : COSOMA Mali : BUMDA Mauritius : MASA Morocco : BMDA Mozambique : SOMAS Namibia : NASCAM Niger : Bureau Nigérien du Droit d'Auteur (BNDA) Nigeria : COSON, MCSN Senegal : BSDA Seychelles : SACS South Africa : DALRO, Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), SARRAL Togo : BUTODRA Tunisia : OTPDA Uganda : UPRS United Republic of Tanzania : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sociedad Argentina De Autores Y Compositores De Música Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC) (Argentine Society of Music Authors and Composers) is the entity that gathers all musicians and authors of Argentina, and the Argentine performance rights organisation that keeps registry of musical works, and collects and distributes royalties on behalf of the artists. On August 1, 1930, in Buenos Aires, Capital of the Republic of Argentina, Ciriaco Ortiz, César Vedani, Osvaldo Fresedo, Francisco Canaro, Juan Francisco Noli, Homero Manzi, Enrique Santos Discépolo, José Pécora, Francisco García Jiménez, José María Contursi and Mario Benard, after a long discussion, decided to form the Circle of Authors and Composers of Music with the sole purpose to help protect the intellectual property rights of authors and facilitate the collection of their royalties. The Circle of Authors and Composers of Music and the Argentine Association of Authors and Composers of Music would merge subsequently, giving rise to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	UPRS The Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) was formed in 1985 by authors (mainly musicians) to advance the cause of copyright administration in Uganda. It registered with the Registrar of Companies as a Company Limited by Guarantee having no share capital as it belongs to all of its members. UPRS is recognized by the Government as a Collecting Society and it is a Member of the Confederation of International Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC). Copyright society objectives * To promote the economic and social well-being of members. * To promote and encourage creativity in artistic, literary, and scientific works in Uganda. * To make reciprocal representation agreements with foreign societies. * To foster understanding between members and users of their works. * To provide members and any other interested persons with information relating to and neighboring rights. Global affiliations UPRS is an affiliate member of CISAC and has signed direct reciprocal represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Southern African Music Rights Organisation SAMRO, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation, is a copyright asset management society. It was established by the South African Copyright Act, and aims to protect the intellectual property of music creators by licensing music users, collecting licence fees and distributing royalties to music creators. SAMRO represents more than 15,000 Southern African music composers, lyricists/authors and music publishers. The organisation administers performing rights. History The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (name since 1974) was formed in December 1961 under the chairmanship of Dr. Gideon Roos Senior, a former Director-General of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). SAMRO began operations in January 1962 with 40 South African composers and 13 music publishers, taking over from the UK royalty collecting society PRS. In June 1962, SAMRO was accepted as a member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC). In the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]