GRD for Societies
A number of organisations representing societies’ interests are being engaged as part of the GRD project. These include:
- APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association Limited)
- ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
- BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
- BUMA/STEMRA
- CISAC (Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et de Compositeurs/International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers)
- GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte)
- PRS for Music
- SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs)
- SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique)
- SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores)
- SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori)
- SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
- STIM (Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå)
- UBC (União Brasileira dos Compositores)
Benefits
The anticipated benefits to this stakeholder group are:
- Streamlined copyright registration requiring less time and effort
- Fewer counter-claims and less duplicated effort to resolve these
- Easier to invoice more accurately for shares of works, freeing the flow of royalties
- Easier to administer and manage licenses, including improved data for small societies
- Potential to reallocate time and investment to front line licensing activities
- Greater transparency for society controlled works claims