Societies
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /suh-sy-uh-teez/
Also spelled or known as: Collecting Societies, PRS, Performing Rights Societies
Plural: Societies
Related: Collective Management Organization, Performing Rights Organization, PRS, Performing Rights Societies
What does Societies mean? Organizations that collect and distribute public performance royalties for songwriters, composers, publishers, and rightsholders.
Examples include performing rights organizations, mechanical rights organizations, neighboring rights organizations, and collective management organizations.
Societies synonyms: Collecting Societies, Rights Societies, Collective Management Organizations
Example sentence: “Foreign societies collected royalties on behalf of the songwriter.”
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