The Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA) is a non-profit organization that negotiates, collects, and distributes royalties from the use of audiovisual works, whether via cable, satellite, mobile or any other similar means.
History
Established in 1981, AGICOA operate under the terms of audiovisual copyright law set by the Berne Convention, the satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission European Directive 93/83/EEC (CABSAT 1) and the online broadcasting and retransmission European Directive 2019/789/EU (CABSAT 2).
AGICOA is set up as an Alliance of some 12 organizations in a unique partnership that enables the efficient international collective management of intellectual property rights.
AGICOA, together with
CISAC and FIAPF, is a founding partner of ISAN_IA, the International Agency which delivers the
ISO
ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization.
ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
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ISAN
Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provin ...
(International Standard Audiovisual Number), a voluntary numbering system for the identification of audiovisual works.
The AGICOA Alliance
* AGICOA, Switzerland
* AGICOA EUROPE, Luxembourg
* AGICOA EUROPE BRUSSELS, Belgium
* AGICOA GmbH, Germany
* AGICOA NORGE, Norway
* ALGOA, Luxembourg
* ANGOA, France
* APFI, Finland
* EGEDA, Spain
* FRF, Sweden,
* GEDIPE, Portugal
* ZAPA, Poland
See also
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ISAN
Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provin ...
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References
AGICOA & ISAN – founding institutions* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503134645/http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/1573/sc9n341.pdf AGICOA - Nomination of the registration authority for ISO 15706: the ISAN foundation for the International ISAN Agency]
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Copyright collection societies
Organisations based in Geneva