BMI works closely with sister societies around the world covering almost 200 countries with which it has established reciprocal and unilateral representation agreements.
| Country | Society | Full Name | Territories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | ALBAUTOR | Collecting Management Society of Creators’ Rights in Music and Audiovisual Field |
Albania |
| Argentina | SADAIC | Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Musica |
Republic of Argentina |
| Armenia | ARMAUTHOR | ARMAUTHOR NGO |
Republic of Armenia |
| Australia | APRA | Australasian Performing Right Association Limited |
Ashmore Island, Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory, Cartier Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Heard Island, Kiribati, Macquarie Island, Marshall Islands, Mcdonald Island, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue (Savage) Island, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua-New Guinea, Ross Dependency, Solomon Islands, Tokelau (Union) Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa |
| Austria | AKM | Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
Austria |
| Barbados | COSCAP | Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc. |
Barbados |
| Belgium | SABAM | Societe Belge des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs |
Belgium |
| Bolivia | SOBODAYCOM | Sociedad Boliviana de Autores y Compositores de Musica |
Bolivia |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | AMUS | Association of Composers and Musical Creators |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Brazil | ABRAMUS* | Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc. |
Brazil |
| Brazil | AMAR* | Associaçao de Músicos Arranjadores e Regentes |
Brazil |
| Brazil | SADEMBRA* | Sociedade Administradora De Direitos De Execução Musical Do Brasil |
Brazil |
| Brazil | SBACEM* | Sociedade Brasileira de Autores, Compositores e Escritores de Música |
Brazil |
| Brazil | SOCINPRO* | Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Proteção de Direitos Intelectuais |
Brazil |
| Brazil | UBC | União Brasileira de Compositores |
Brazil |
| Bulgaria | MUSICAUTOR | Bulgarian Society of Authors and Composers for Performing and Mechanical Rights |
Bulgaria |
| Canada | SOCAN | Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada |
Canada |
| Chile | SCD | Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor |
Chile |
| China | MCSC | Music Copyright Society of China |
People’s Republic of China |
| Colombia | SAYCO | Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia |
Colombia |
| Costa Rica | ACAM | Asociacion de Compositores y Autores Musicales de Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
| Croatia | HDS | Hrvatsko Drustvo Skladatelja |
Croatia |
| Czech Republic | OSA | Ochranny Svaz Autorsky |
Czech Republic |
| Denmark | KODA | Selskabet Til Forvaltning Af Internationale Komponistret-Tigheder I Denmark |
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland |
| Dominican Republic | SGACEDOM | Sociedad General de Autores, Compositores y Editores Dominicanos de Musica, Inc. |
Dominican Republic |
| Ecuador | SAYCE | Sociedad de Autores y Compositores Ecuatorianos |
Ecuador |
| Eastern Caribbean | ECCO | Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights |
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
| El Salvador | SACIM | Sociedad de Autores, Compositores e Interpretes Musicales de El Salvador |
El Salvador |
| Estonia | EAU | Eesti Atoritie Uhing |
Estonia |
| Finland | TEOSTO | Saveltajain Tekijanoikeustoi-Misto |
Finland |
| France | SACEM | Societe des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique |
Algeria, Andorra, Benin (Dahomey), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti (French Somaliland), Egypt, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia (via SPACEM), Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea (via BGDA), Lebanon, Luxembourg (via SACEML), Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco (via BMDA), New Caledonia and Dependencies (via SACENC), Niger, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Senegal, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Western Sahara |
| Georgia | GCA | Georgian Society of Authors and Composers |
Georgia |
| Germany | GEMA | Gesellschaft Für Musikalische Aufführungs-Und Mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte |
Germany |
| Greece | AUTODIA | Collecting Management Organization of Music Authors and Rightsholders |
Greece |
| Greece | EDEM* | Music Works Rightsholders’ Collective Management Organisation Limited Liability Cooperative |
Greece |
| Guatemala | AEI | Asociacion de Autores, Editores e Interpretes |
Guatemala |
| Honduras | AACIMH | Asociacion de Autores, Compositores, Interpretes y Musicos de Honduras |
Honduras |
| Hong Kong | CASH | Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. |
Hong Kong |
| Hungary | ARTISJUS | Society Artisjus Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights |
Hungary |
| Iceland | STEF | Samband Tonskalda Og Eigenda Flutningsrettar |
Iceland |
| India | IPRS | Indian Performing Right Society |
India |
| Indonesia | WAMI | Wahana Musik Indonesia |
Indonesia |
| Ireland | IMRO | Irish Music Rights Organisation Limited |
Ireland |
| Israel | ACUM | Societe des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique en Israel |
Israel |
| Italy | SIAE | Società Italiana Degli Autori Ed Editori |
Italy, Republic of San Marino, Vatican City |
| Jamaica | JACAP | Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Ltd | Jamaica |
| Japan | JASRAC | Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers |
Japan |
| Japan | NexTone* | NexTone Inc. |
Japan |
| Kazakhstan | KazAK | The Kazakh Authors’ Society |
Kazakhstan Republic |
| Korea | KOMCA | Korea Music Copyright Association |
Republic of Korea |
| Latvia | AKKA/LAA | Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Copyright Agency |
Latvia |
| Lithuania | LATGA-A | Agency of Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association |
Republic of Lithuania |
| Macau | MACA | Macau Association of Composers, Authors & Publishers |
Macau |
| Macedonia | ZAMP | Musical Copyright Society (ZAMP) |
Republic of Macedonia |
| Malaysia | MACP | Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad |
Malaysia |
| Mauritius | MASA | Mauritius Society of Authors |
Mauritius |
| Mexico | SACM | Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México, S. de G.C. de I.P |
Mexico |
| Montenegro | PAM CG | Society for Protection of Author’s Musical Rights from Montenegro |
Montenegro |
| Netherlands | BUMA | Vereniging Buma |
Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Martin |
| Nepal | MRCSN | Music Royalty Collection Society Of Nepal |
Nepal |
| Nigeria | COSON | Copyright Society Nigeria LTD/GTE |
Nigeria |
| Norway | TONO | Norsk Komponistforenings Internasjonale Musikkbyra |
Bear Islands, Hope Island, Jan Mayen Island, Norway, Spitsbergen |
| Panama | SPAC | Sociedad Panameña de Autores y Compositores |
Panama |
| Paraguay | APA | Autores Paraguayos Asociados |
Paraguay |
| Peru | APDAYC | Asociacion Peruana de Autores y Compositores |
Peru |
| Philippines | FILSCAP | Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. |
Philippine Republic |
| Poland | ZAIKS | Stowarzyszenie Autorow |
Poland |
| Portugal | SPA | Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores |
Azores, Madeira, Portugal |
| Romania | UCMR-ADA | Union of Composers and Musicologists in Romania/ Authors’ Right Department |
Romania |
| Russia | RAO | Russian Authors Society |
Russian Federation |
| Serbia | SOKOJ | Savez Organizacija Kompozitora Jugoslavije |
Serbia |
| Singapore | COMPASS | Composers and Authors Society of Singapore Ltd. |
Singapore |
| Slovak Republic | SOZA | Slovensky Ochranny Zvaz Autorsky |
Slovak Republic |
| Slovenia | SAZAS | Société des Compositeurs, Auteurs et Éditeurs de Slovenie |
Slovenia |
| South Africa | SAMRO | Southern African Music Rights Organisation Limited |
Republic of South Africa (Including Bophuthatswana and Transkei) |
| Spain | SGAE | Sociedad General de Autores y Editores |
Spain |
| Spain | Unison* | Unison Rights OGI, SL |
Spain |
| Sweden | STIM | Svenska Tonsattares Intenrationalla Musikbyra |
Sweden |
| Switzerland | SUISA | Societe Suisse pour les Droits d’Auteurs d’Oeuvres Musicales |
Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
| Taiwan | MUST | Music Copyright Society of Chinese Taipei |
Taiwan, R.O.C. |
| Thailand | MCT | Music Copyright (Thailand) Limited |
Thailand |
| Trinidad and Tobago | COTT | Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Turkey | MESAM* | The Professional Association of Owners of Musical Works of Turkey |
Turkey |
| Turkey | MSG | Musiki Eseri Sahipleri Grubu Meslek Birliği |
Turkey |
| Ukraine | NGO-UACRR | Non-Governmental Organization - Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights |
Ukraine |
| United Kingdom | PRS | PRS for Music |
Ascension Island, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Diego Garcia, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Pitcairn Island, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, Tristan de Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom |
| Uruguay | AGADU | Asociacion General de Autores del Uruguay |
Uruguay |
| Venezuela | SACVEN | Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Venezuela |
Venezuela |
| Vietnam | VCPMC | Vietnam Center for Protection of Music copyright |
Vietnam |
* BMI only represents this society’s works in the United States. This society does not represent BMI affiliates in their territory.