Collection Society
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /kuh-lek-shun-suh-sy-uh-tee/
Also spelled or known as: Collecting Society
Plural: Collection Societies
Related: Collective Management Organization, Performing Rights Organization, Royalties
What does Collection Society mean? An organization that licenses copyrighted works, collects royalties, and distributes payments to creators, performers, publishers, record labels, or other rights holders.
Collection societies may administer public performance, mechanical, neighboring, reproduction, or other rights within a particular territory. They often maintain reciprocal agreements with foreign societies to collect and distribute international royalties.
Collection Society synonyms: Collecting Society, Rights Society, Collective Management Organization
Example sentence: “The songwriter registered each composition with a collection society to receive performance royalties.”
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