DALLAS-FORT WORTH NSAI REGIONAL WORKSHOP: Links
Performance Rights Organizations
- Copyright Law
- Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.
- ASCAP
- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
ASCAP is a membership association of over 230,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. - BMI
- Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music.
- SESAC
- Society of European Stage Authors and Composers. SESAC is a performing rights organization with headquarters in Nashville and offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London.
- Harry Fox Agency
- HFA is the foremost mechanical licensing, collection, and distribution agency for U.S. music publishers. Our processes, culture, and technology are client-driven and results-oriented. We continually strive to add value and strength to the music rights industry.