Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs
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Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC) (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers), founded in 1926, is a performance rights organisation
, which coordinates the protection of its member creators' rights.
As of June 2010, CISAC numbers 229 authors’ societies from 121 countries and indirectly represents more than 2.5 million creators within all the artistic repertoires: music, drama, literature, audio-visual, graphic and visual arts.
In June 2007, CISAC’s General Assembly elected UK singer-songwriter Robin Gibb
(The Bee Gees) as President of CISAC and Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón
as Vice President. CISAC’s President and Vice President represent and voice the opinion of the international community of creators as well as the system of collective administration that promotes their rights.
The total amount of royalties
collected by CISAC’s member societies, on their own national collection territories, amounted in 2009 to more than €7.152 billion.
CISAC is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation. Its headquarters are in Paris
, with regional offices in Budapest
, Buenos Aires
and Singapore
.
CISAC has co-founded with the AGICOA
, FIAPF
, and ISAN-IA, the international Geneva
-based non-profit association in charge, by mandate of ISO, of delivering the International Standard Audiovisual Number
s (ISAN), a voluntary numbering and metadata system for the identification of audiovisual content. In order to assign IPMP (Intellectual Property Management and Protection) number on worldwide scale the CISAC secretariat has been appointed by ISO organization as Registration Authority for IPMP (MPEG-4
Part 1 - ISO/IEC 14496-1) in July 2001.
Performance rights organisation
Performance rights organizations provide intermediary functions, particularly royalty collection, between copyright holders and parties who wish to use copyrighted works publicly such as shopping and dining venues. Legal consumer purchase of works, such as buying CDs from a music store, confer...
, which coordinates the protection of its member creators' rights.
As of June 2010, CISAC numbers 229 authors’ societies from 121 countries and indirectly represents more than 2.5 million creators within all the artistic repertoires: music, drama, literature, audio-visual, graphic and visual arts.
In June 2007, CISAC’s General Assembly elected UK singer-songwriter Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice , and elder brother Barry....
(The Bee Gees) as President of CISAC and Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :...
as Vice President. CISAC’s President and Vice President represent and voice the opinion of the international community of creators as well as the system of collective administration that promotes their rights.
The total amount of royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
collected by CISAC’s member societies, on their own national collection territories, amounted in 2009 to more than €7.152 billion.
CISAC is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation. Its headquarters are in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, with regional offices in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.
CISAC has co-founded with the AGICOA
Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works
The Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works ....
, FIAPF
FIAPF
The FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...
, and ISAN-IA, the international Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
-based non-profit association in charge, by mandate of ISO, of delivering the International Standard Audiovisual Number
International Standard Audiovisual Number
International Standard Audiovisual Number is a unique identifier for audiovisual works and related versions, similar to ISBN for books. It was developed within an ISO TC46/SC9 working group...
s (ISAN), a voluntary numbering and metadata system for the identification of audiovisual content. In order to assign IPMP (Intellectual Property Management and Protection) number on worldwide scale the CISAC secretariat has been appointed by ISO organization as Registration Authority for IPMP (MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
Part 1 - ISO/IEC 14496-1) in July 2001.