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UK http://www.alcs.co.uk ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society	Australasia http://www.amcos.com.au AMCOS The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society
Australian http://www.apra.com.au APRA The Australian Performing Rights Association	Belgium http://www.sabam.be SABAM The Belgian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
Brazil http://www.ubc.org.br UBC Uniao Brasileira de Compositores	http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/biem BIEM BIEM, created in 1929, is an international organization that groups together societies all over the world that have as a purpose the administration of mechanical rights, in order to assure effective and efficient administration of those rights. Currently, BIEM has 32 member societies in 30 countries.
Britain http://www.mcps.co.uk MCPS The British Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Limited	Canada http://www.cmmra.ca CMRRA The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency
Canada http://www.socan.ca SOCAN Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers of Canada	http://cisac.org CISAC The International Confederation Of Societies Of Authors And Composers (CISAC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1926, which embraces 161 members (159 societies and two organizations) representing 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) in 87 countries.
Colombia http://www.sayco.org SAYCO Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia (Colombian Society of Composers)	Denmark http://www.koda.dk KODA The Denmark Music Copyright Organization
Finland http://www.teosto.fi TEOSTO Finnish Composers' Copyright Society	France http://www.sacd.fr SACD The Society of Authors and Composers of Dramatic Works in France
France http://www.sacem.org SACEM France's Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers	Hungaria http://www.artistjus.hu ARTISJUS The Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights
Germany http://www.gema.de GEMA The German Society For Musical Performing Rights And Mechanical Reproduction Rights	Ireland http://www.imro.ie IMRO The Irish Music Rights Organization
Italy http://www.siae.it SIAE Italian Society of Authors and Publishers	Japan http://www.jasrac.or.jp/ejhp JASRAC The Japanese Music Copyright Organization
Netherlands http://www.buma.nl BUMA / STEMRA / CEDAR The Netherlands Copyright Organizations	Denmark http://www.ncb.dk NCB Nordisk Copyright Bureau
Norway http://www.tono.no TONO The Norwegian Performing Right Society	Portugal http://www.spautores.pt SPA Portuguese Authors Society
Spain http://www.sgae.es SGAE Spain's General Society of Composers and Publishers	Switzerland http://www.ssa.ch SSA Swiss Society of Authors
Switzerland http://www.suisa.ch SUISA Swiss Authors' Copyright Society	Trinidad and Tobago http://www.tidco.co.tt/local/cott COTT The Copyright Organization of Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom http://www.prs.co.uk PRS The U.K. Performing Right Society	Venezuela http://www.sacven.org SACVEN Th Society of Authors and Composers of Venezuela