Copyright

w:copyright

• w:Copyright collective, w:List of copyright collection societies
  • w:Performance rights organisation (PRO), CISAC
    • rights of composers and authors (lyricists) in most jurisdictions expire 70 years after their death, for details see copyright term
  • w:Reproduction rights organisation (RRO) IFRRO
    • IFFRO represents owners of text and image based rights
  • BIEM
    • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4918214.stm - Q&A: Royalty rights for musicians
      • "Performers in the UK receive royalties from record sales and radio airplay for 50 years after a song is released."
      • "The British Phonographic Industry [IFPI member], which represents record companies, says it is unfair to have different rules for performers and composers. It is demanding parity with the US system, where material is protected for 95 years after it is published."
  • w:Sound recording copyright, IFPI
    • Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

type:	composition	performance	recording/ publication
copyright term (most common)	70 years after death of creators	50 / 95 years after publication	? 50 / 95 years after publication
ISO or other identifier	ISWC (ISO 15707)	Matrix number(?)	ISRC (ISO 3901)
intl organisation	CISAC	BIEM	IFPI
Argentine organisation	SADAIC	SADAIC	CAPIF
example	Al compás del corazón ISWC T-037.017.447-2 Domingo Federico (C), Homero Exposito (A)	Miguel Calo, Raul Beron Odeon, now EMI 1942	ISRC ARF049600006 [1] TINT 00724383741328-1-1 EMI / DBN

Links

• http://www.cisac.org/CisacPortal/afficherArticles.do?numRubrique=37
• http://www.biem.org/content.aspx?MenuItemId=33
• http://www.harryfox.com/public/mechanicalLicense.jsp
• http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html
• http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wppt/summary_wppt.html
• http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm