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Rights management organisations
Australian resources
International resources

Rights management organisations

Australian Collecting Societies

APRA
Australasian Performing Right Association Limited
AMCOS
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society Limited
CCLI
Christian Copyright Licensing Inc
PPCA
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited
Screenrights
The Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited
Viscopy
Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency

International rights management organisations

Access Copyright
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Canada)
ALCS
Author's Licensing and Collecting Society (UK)
Bonus Presskopia
Pictures, Words, Printed Music - Joint Copyright Organisation (Sweden)
CCC
Copyright Clearance Centre Inc (USA)
CEDRO
Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos (Spain)
CFC
Centre Francais d'exploitation du droit de Copie (France)
CLA
Copyright Licensing Agency (UK)
CLASS
The Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore Limited
CLL
Copyright Licensing Limited (New Zealand)
COPIBEC
Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (Canada)
DALRO
Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (Pty) Limited (South Africa)
HKRRLS
Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society (Hong Kong)
IFRRO
International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (Belgium)
JRRC
Japan Reprographic Rights Centre (Japan)
Kopinor
Kopinor (Norway)
Kopiosto R.Y
Kopiosto R.Y (Finland)
NLA
The Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited (UK)
PLS
Publishers Licensing Society Ltd (UK)
Reprobel
Reprobel (Belgium)
SR
Stichting Reprorecht (The Netherlands)
VG WORT
Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT vereinigt mit der V.G. Wissenschaft (Germany)

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Australian Resources

For creators generally	Arts Law Centre of Australia National community legal centre for the arts Australian Copyright Council Copyright information centre Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) A national organisation that connects the arts, business and donors Australia Council for the Arts Australian government’s arts funding body Australia Council for the Arts: Copyright in a digital era Advise for artists on protecting copyright Attorney- General's Department Support to the Government ComLaw ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department Copyright Law Review Committee Reports on specific referred copyright matters DBCDE Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy DEWHA Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts ELR Education Lending Rights scheme NSCF National Scholarly Communications Forum / The Austrailan Academy of the Humanities IP Australia Patents, trademarks, designs IPSANZ The Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand PLR Public Lending Right scheme
For Indigenous creators	ANKAAA Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists Desart Association of Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft centres Umi Arts Indigenous arts and culture organisation for far north Queensland, including Torres Strait Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian visual arts Australia Council for the Arts Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian writing Australia Council for the Arts
For writers	Australian Society of Authors Industry body representing the professional interests of authors MEAA Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance Poets Union INC Representing Australian poets
For performing artists	Artmedia Publishing Information site dedicated to contemporary Australian and New Zealand literary and performing arts
For publishers	Australian Publishers Association Australia's industry body representing publishers
For visual artists	NAVA National Association for the Visual Arts Ltd Queensland Artworkers Alliance An organisation that supports people working in the visual art, craft and design industries
For libraries	ALIA Australian Library and Information Association National Library of Australia National Library of Australia, Canberra State Library of NSW State Library of New South Wales, Sydney State Library of Queensland State Library of Queensland, Brisbane State Library of South Australia State Library of South Australia, Adelaide State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania, Hobart State Library of Victoria State Library of Victoria, Melbourne State Library of Western Australia State Library of Western Australia, Perth

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International resources

For creators generally	China-Laws-Online China intellectual property law The UK Patent Office Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks US Copyright Office US copyright resource site US Patent & Trademark Office Copyright related treaties WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation
For writers	ALAI Assocation Littéraire et Artistique International AG The Authors Guild (USA) CISAC International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) SA The Society of Authors (UK)
For publishers	AAP Association of American Publishers IPA International Publishers Association JBPA Japan book Publishers Association PA The Publishers Association (UK) STM International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers

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Updated 9 February 2011

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