Copyright Licensing Organizations & Publications Rights Clearinghouses

AARC   Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies

ALCS   Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, United Kingdom

ASCAP   American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The Authors Registry

BMI   Broadcast Music Incorporated

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Christian Copyright Licensing International

CCC   Copyright Clearance Center

Creative Commons

FA©E    Friends of Active Copyright Education, an effort to foster and support copyright awareness by the Copyright Society of the USA

Harry Fox Agency   The foremost mechanical licensing, collection, and distribution agency for music publishers in the U.S.

IMRO   Irish Music Rights Organisation

MPLC    Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

Movie Licensing USA    Show copyrighted movies in your school or library — legally

SESAC    Performing rights organization

SoundExchange

WATCH   Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders