Links

Links

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WORLDWIDE

Most Important Links for Authors’ Rights

WIPO LIST – National Copyright Administrations
IFRRO – International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
IFRRO – Authors’ Coalition
World International Property Organisation

More General Links for Authors’ Rights

World Copyright Office
Union Network International, Media, Entertainment and Arts Section
International Intellectual Property Alliance
HTML Writers Guild
Internet Press Guild
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
IP Search Engine
International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
The Electronic Rights Licensing Agency
International Federation of the Periodical Press Ltd. (FIPP)
International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM)
International Publishers Association (IPA)
World Association of Press Councils (WAPC)
Intellectual Property HelpdeskIPR
Authorise
Internet Authors Network
Cyber-times
DIGIT-PRESS : Optimizing the IT Transition for Journalists
CLEA, the collection of laws for electronic access (WIPO database)
The World Wide Web Consortium
Internet Law and Policy Forum
Indiana University – Journalism Ethics Cases Online
Global Internet Project
Cyberinformation- Future of the Print Media
International Law Commission
ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ProfNetGlobal-Sources for Journalists
Writing World by Moira Allen, for Writers around the world
Art Law on the Internet
COPYLAW.com
Bureau International des Societes Gerants les Droits d Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique (BIEM)
ALAI – Association littéraire artistique internationale
AIPPI – Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle
Pressnet: Journalists, Journalism and Mass Medias on the Internet

COUNTRIES/REGIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Algeria

ONDA, Algeria (e-mail), Algeria

Argentina

Leyes y Proyectos en Argentina y el mundo hispano-hablante , Argentina

Asia

Asian Media Ethics, Asia
Cyberlaw Asia, Asia
South Asian Jouranlists Association, Asia

Australasia

Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), Australasia
Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society and the Australasian Performing Right Association Limited , Australasia
The Australasian Performing Right Association Limited , Australasia

Australia

Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd , Australia
Screenrights – The Audio Visual Copyright Society , Australia
Visual Arts COpyright Collecting Agency (VISCOPY), Australia
Arts Law Centre of Australia, Australia
CAMLA – Communications and Media Law Association, Australia
Media Law Workstation , Australia
Australian Press Council , Australia
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), Australia

Austria

Oest Gewerkschaftsbund, Austria
Oest. Verwertungsgesellschaften, Austria
Urheber und Recht – Netlaw , Austria
Informatik und Recht , Austria
Musikverwertungsgesellschaft, Austria
Musikverwertungsgesellschaft, Austria
Literar-Mechana, Austria
Neue Medien und Urheberrecht, Austria
Oesterreichischer Presserat , Austria

Belgium

REPROBEL, Belgium
Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs (SABAM), Belgium
Société des droits d’auteurs des journalistes (SAJ), Belgium
ASSUCOPIE, Belgium

Brazil

Associação Brasileira de Direitos Reprográficos (ABDR), Brazil (e-mail), Brazil
SBAT: Sociedade Brasileira de Autores Teatrais, Brazil
UBC: Uniao Brasileira de Compositores, Brazil

Canada

Canadian Publishers’ Council (CPC), Canada
Canadian Authors Association Canada
Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (FIT), (Canada)
Association des journalistes independants de Quebec Canada
PWAC – Periodical Writers Association of Canada, Canada
Find a Professional Writer, Canada
Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd., Canada
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada , Canada
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CANCOPY), Canada
Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency (CBRA), Canada
Compiler PressCanada
World Cultural Intelligence NetworkCanada
Meta Media, Canada
Société québecoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (COPIBEC), (Canada)

Carribbean Area

Carribean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Area

Chile

Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor (SCD), Chile
Consejo de Etica de los Medios de Comunicacion , Chile
Cámara Chilena del Libro A.G., Chile (e-mail), Chile

China

Copyright Protection Center, China

Colombia

Sociedad de Autores y Compositores (Sayco), Colombia

Czech Republic

Divadelní a Literární Agentura (DILIA), Czech Republic

Denmark

Copy-Dan, Denmark
KODA , Denmark
Nordisk Copy Right Bureau, Denmark

Folketingets Hjemmeside (Danish Government Home Page)

Dominican Republic

Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Dominican Republic

Egypt

Supreme Councile of Press , Egypt

Estonia

Press Council of Estonia (e-mail)
Estonian Press Council ,Estonia

Europe

EU – DG Internal Market – Intellectual Property News
EU – DG Information Society – Website on Digital Rights Management
EU- Information Society Website
EU – Intellectual and Industrial Property on the European Commission website
Institute for European Media Law, Europe
ECUP, Copyright Focal Point, Europe
QuickLinks – Information society and Internet policy, Europe
QuickLinks – Content regulation, Europe
QuickLinks – Copyright, trademarks and patents, Europe
QuickLinks – Self-regulation / codes of conduct, Europe
QuickLinks – Self-regulation / codes of conduct, Europe
Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
Le Groupement Européen des Sociétés d’Auteurs Compositeurs (GESAC)
European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA)
Institut for European Media Law
European Writers’ Congress (EWC)

Finland

Finnish Web Journalists , Finland
The Union of Finnish Writers, Finland
KOPIOSTO, Finland
TEOSTO, Finland
KUVASTO, Finland
Finnish Council for Mass Media, Finnland

France

SNJ – Syndicat national des journalistes, France
Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia (SCAM), France
Société des Gens des Lettres (SGDL), France
Union syndicale des journalistes CFDT, France
ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques), France
Propriete Intellectuelle France
Centre Français d’exploitation du droit de Copie (C.F.C.), France
Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, France
Victoires Editions : forum sur les droits d’auteurs, France
Site du gouvernement français, France

Germany

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband e.V. (DJV), Germany
Industriegewerkschaft Medien (IG Medien), Germany
Urheberrechtskampagne allgemein, Germany
Privatkopie – Kampagne VG WORT, Germany
Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT), Germany
German Press Council, Germany
Literaturuebersetzer / Kampagne fuer besseres Urheberrecht, Germany
Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Fernsehen, Germany
Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia Dienstanbieter e.V., Germany
Verwertungsgesellschaft MUSIKEDITION (VG MUSIKEDITION), Germany
Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst (VG Bild-Kunst), Germany
Gesellschaft zur Übernahme und Wahrung von Filmaufführungsrechten GUEFA, Germany
Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten ,Germany
Bundesverband der Phonographischen Wirtschaft,Germany
Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten,Germany
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels,Germany
Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband ,Germany
Gesellschaft fuer musikalische Auffuehrungs und mechanische Vervielfaeltigungsrechte , Germany
Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger, Germany
Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger, Germany
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Germany
Clearingstelle Multimedia, Germany
Dt Gesellschaft fuer Online Literatur Germany
Computer und Recht, Germany
Electronic Journal Literatur , Germany
Homepage ueber Urheberrecht, Germany
Diskussionsforum fuer Informationstechnologie und PolitkGermany
Media Tenor, Germany
GWFF, Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten, München, Germany
Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V, Wiesbaden , Germany
Institut fuer Urheber und Medienrecht, Germany
Datenbank Kunst – und Medienbranche, Germany
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ALM), Germany
Datenbank Arbeitsstelle Medienrecht , Germany

Greece

The Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works (OSDEL) (e-mail), Greece

Ghana

Copyright Society of Ghana (e-mail), Ghana

Haiti

Haitian Press Association, Haiti

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society (HKRRLS), Hong Kong (e-mail)

Hungary

Hungarian Publishers’ & Booksellers’ Association, Hungary
ARTISJUS (Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights), Hungary
HUNG ART, Hungary

Iceland

The Writers Union, Iceland
Fjölís , Iceland , (e-mail)

India

Indian Press Council, India
Institute of Jouranlism, India

Fjölís , Iceland , (e-mail)

Ireland

National Union of Journalists of Great Britain and Ireland (NUJ), UK and Ireland
Irish Music Rights Organisation ,Ireland
The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency, Ltd. (ICLA), Ireland, (e-mail)

Israel

Association of North Israel and Haifa Journalists, Israel
The Book Publishers Association of Israel, Israel, (e-mail), Israel

Italy

SIAE: Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori Italy
Discipline Commissions of the Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti, Italy (e-mail)
Diritto d Autore, Primo Sito Italy
Scrittori Associati di Cinema e Televisione Italiani Italy

Ivory Coast

Bureau Ivorien des Droits d Auteur (BURIDA), Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY), (e-mail), Jamaica

Japan

Japan Book Publishers Association (JBPA), Japan
Copyright Law, Japan
The Japanese Music Copyright Organization , Japan

Newspaper Contents Evaluation Chamber , Japan

Kenya

KOPIKEN, Kenya (e-mail), Kenya

Korea

Korean Publishers’ Association (KPA), Korea (e-mail)
Imprima Korea Copyright Agency, Korea

Latinamerica

Fundacion para el Periodismo Iberamericano

Federacion Internacional de Periodistas de America Latina

Lithuania

Lithuanian Authors Rights, LATGA , Lithuania

Luxemburg

Fédération Luxembourgoise des Editeurs de Livres (FLEL), Luxembourg

Malta

KOPJAMALT, Malta

Mexico

Centro Mexicano de Protección y Fomento a los Derechos de Autor, SGC (CeMPro), Mexico (e-mail), Mexico
Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana (Caniem), Mexico
Periodistas de Investigacion Mexico

Middle East

Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Middle East

Netherlands

Stichting Reprorecht (SR), the Netherlands
Stichting BEELDRECHT, the Netherlands
Stichting BURAFO, the Netherlands
Beeldrecht , the Netherlands
Stichting LIRA, the Netherlands
Vereniging Buma, Netherlands
Sena, Netherlands
CEDAR B.V., Netherlands, Netherlands
Raad voor de journalistiek, Netherlands

Nepal

Press Council of Nepal
(e-mail), Nepal

New Zealand

Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL), New Zealand
Press Council of New Zealand (e-mail) , New Zealand

Nigeria

Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of Nigeria (ANFAAN), Nigeria (e-mail)
Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Nigeria (e-mail)

Norway

KOPINOR, Norway
BONO, Norway
TONO, Norway
Norwegian Press Council, Norway

Peru

Consejo de la Prensa Peruana (e-mail), Peru

Philippines

Philippines Press Council (e-mail), Philippines

Poland

KOPIPOL, Poland

Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA), Portugal

Romania

Fondul Literar, Romania, (e-mail)

Russia

Russian Authors’ Society (RAO), Russia
Media Law in Russia, Russia
Copyright in Russia , Russia

Senegal

Bureau Senegalais des Droits d Auteur (e-mail), Senegal

Singapore

The IP Office of Singapore, Singapore

South Africa

Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO), South Africa

Spain

Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos (CEDRO), Spain
VEGAP (Visual Entidad de Gestión de Artistas Plásticos, Spain
Periodistas en Internet, Spain
Derechos de Autores, Spain
Sociedad General de Autores y Editores(SGAE), Spain
Federacion de Gremios de Editores de Espana (F.G.E.E.), Spain (e-mail)

Sweden

Bonus Presskopia, Sweden
Bildkonst Upphovsrätt i Sverige (BUS), Sweden
Svenska Förläggareföreningen, Sweden
Administration Av Litterära Rättigheter I Sverige (ALIS), Sweden
Swedish Press Council and Ombudsman, Sweden

Switzerland

Pro Litteris, Switzerland
Swiss Corporation for composers, lyricists and music publishers Switzerland/Liechtenstein
Authors Rights Society for Audiovisual Works Switzerland
Swiss Performers Switzerland
Swiss Society for Authors Switzerland
Swiss Multimedia Switzerland
Swiss Forum for Communication Law Switzerland
Swiss Federal Insitute of Intellectual Property Switzerland
Schweizer Presserat, Switzerland

Thailand

Press Council of Thailand , Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Copyright Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT), Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

NUJ – National Union of Journalists: Creators’ Copyright Coalition webpage, UK
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. (CLA), UK
Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS), UK
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), UK
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), UK
The Publishers Association (PA), UK
Publishers Licensing Society Ltd. (PLS), UK
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), UK
The Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited (NLA), UK
The Society of Authors , UK
Press Complaints Commission United Kingdom , UK
British government web site (CLA), UK

United States of America

Association for the protection of the Internet Copyright (APIC), USA
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), USA
Copyright Office USA
National Society of Columnists USA
Motion Picture Association of America/Copyright USA
Freelance Editorials Association USA
American Amateur Press Association USA
Association for Education and Mass Communication USA
Graphic Artists Guild (GAG), USA
Network of Hispanic Writers USA
National Writers Union (NWU), USA
Text and Academic Authors (TAA), USA
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), USA
Artists’ Rights Society (ARS), USA
Christian Copyright Licensing, Inc., (CCLI), USA
The Publishing Law Centre, USA
Association of American Publishers (AAP), USA
American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), USA
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), USA
The Authors’ Guild, Inc., USA
Native American Journalist Associaton USA
National Association of Black JournalistsUSA
Droits d’Auteur et CopyrightUSA

Uganda

FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers’ Association, Uganda (e-mail)

Venezuela

Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Venezuela (Sacven), Venezuela

Zimbabwe

ZIMCOPY, Zimbabwe (e-mail), Zimbabwe