APRA/ country : Austrailia
a not-for-profit organisation that collects royalties on behalf of its members, and by agreement, for all the copyright owners around the world
ASCAP/ country : USA
protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works
BMI/ country : USA
collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members
whose works have been performed
MCPS-PRS/ country : UK
exists to collect and pay royalties to its members when their music is recorded and made available to the public (MCPS); and when their
music is performed, broadcast or otherwise made publicly available (PRS).
PPL/ country : UK / International
PPL licenses sound recordings and music videos for use in broadcast, public performance and new media
Sound Exchange/ country : US
SoundExchange is an independent, nonprofit performance rights organization that is designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and
distribute digital performance royalties for featured recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (usually a record label) when
their sound recordings are performed on digital cable and satellite television music, internet and satellite radio (such as XM and Sirius).
