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Copyright Legislation
General Copyright-Related
Bodies
Copyright Collecting Societies
(These are organisations which collectively administer their members'
copyrights)
- APRA
(the Australasian Performing Rights Association which administers musical
copyrights)
- AMCOS
(the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society, which administers a
different type of musical copyright)
- CAL (Copyright Agency Limited, which
administers largely text-based copyright)
- Screenrights (the Audio-Visual Copyright
Society Limited, which administers copyright in audio-visual material such as
films)
- PPCA
(the Phonograph Performance Company of Australia which administer music
copyright owned by record companies)
- Viscopy
(the Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Society which administers copyright in
visual arts such as paintings)
International Copyright Links
- Alliance for a Digital Future (a
European organisation similar to the ADA -- currently without a website, it seems)
- Home Recording
Rights Coalition (HRRC, a US organisation devoted to fair use and the right
of consumers to be able to engage in time-shifting, place-shifting, and other
private, noncommercial rendering of lawfully obtained music and video
content.)
- WIPO (the
World Intellectual Property Organisation)
- WTO (the
World Trade Organisation which is responsible for the Trade-related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Agreement (TRIPS))
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