SIAE internationally
SIAE is the 6th collective management organisation globally (CISAC, Global Collections Report): we protect our members and their works everywhere in the world, thanks to the reciprocal representation agreements with collecing societies abroad. SIAE presides over several organisations representing creators’ interests at the european and international level.
SIAE is the 6th collective management organisation globally (CISAC, Global Collections Report): we protect our members and their works everywhere in the world, thanks to the reciprocal representation agreements with collecting societies abroad. SIAE presides over several organisations representing creators’ interests at the european and international level.
Copyright abroad
We protect our members’ works everywhere in Europe and in the world through the reciprocal representation agreements with the other collecting societies abroad:
- 182 countries in the world
- 181 collecting societies abroad
- 288 reciprocal representation agreements
We monitor legislative initiatives and institutional events at European and international level to make sure copyright is protected properly, secure contracts and agreements abroad and maintain relationships with the other collecting societies and our European and international partners.
These activities are carried out by the International Relations Office, with the support of SIAE Sections.
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International Organisations
SIAE partecipate to the international organisations grouping collecting societies from all over the world and dedicated to copyright protection and cultural promotion.
CISAC - International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
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- HQ: Paris
- Mission: CISAC promotes authors’ rights in the world and coordinates its members activities through, for instance, setting international standards facilitating the exchange of data and information between collecting societies
- SIAE membership: Board of Directors; Executive Governance Committee
- Website: http://www.cisac.org/
BIEM - Bureau International de l'Edition Mécanique
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- HQ: Paris
- Mission: BIEM deals with protection of mechanical rights through negotiations with IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) to set conditions of utilisation of the repertories managed by collecting societies
- SIAE Membership: Management Committee
- Website: http://www.biem.org/
GESAC – European Group of Societies of Authors and Composers
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- HQ: Bruxelles
- Mission: GESAC represents creators’ rights before European institution promoting, above all, the principle of equitable remuneration in the cultural and creative industry
- SIAE Membership: Board of Directors
- Website: https://authorsocieties.eu/
EVA – European Visual Artists
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- HQ: Bruxelles
- Mission: EVA represents the interests of authors’ societies managing figurative artworks.
- SIAE Membership: ordinary
- Website: http://www.evartists.org/
SAA - Society of Audiovisual Authors
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- HQ: Bruxelles
- Mission: SAA represents the interests of authors’ societies managing audiovisual works.
- SIAE Membership: ordinary
- Website: http://www.saa-authors.eu/
IFRRO - International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
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- HQ: Bruxelles
- Mission: IFRRO promotes at the international level the right of reproduction of literary and figurative works, countering the phenomenon of illegal copy.
- SIAE Membership: ordinary
- Website: http://www.ifrro.org/
International projects
The be part of an international network allows us to activate synergies and find technological solutions for a more efficient management of authors’ rights.
FastTrack - The Digital Copyright Network
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Among the international projects in collaboration with the other societies abroad, SIAE was a partner and founder of FastTrack.
Founded in 2000, FastTrack created the CIS-Net system through which over 144 CMOs and RMEs from all over the world daily exchange and promptly provide the data necessary for collecting and distributing rights.
Since 2017 the presidency has been entrusted to SIAE.
CIS-Net has recently been absorbed by CISAC, which manages it directly.