BL8: CUFADM02A Posting: Useful Websites About Copyright Part 2

Use an Internet Search Engine (or other Search Tool) to find the official websites for the following Organisations/Resources:

1. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
2. Screenrights (Formerly - The Audio Visual Copyright Society)

Answer:

A.P.R.A.

• APRA Official website - http://www.apra.com.au/
  
• APRA - For Composers Authors & Publishers of Music
• Since 1926 APRA (the Australasian Performing Right Association) has been making life a little easier for songwriters, composers.and music users. Australian copyright law makes songwriters and composers the exclusive owners of their original music and lyrics. Nobody else can use their work without getting their permission first, and if necessary, paying a royalty for this use. This is where APRA steps in. APRA is a not-for-profit organisation that collects royalties on behalf of its 44,000+ members, and by agreement, for all the copyright owners around the world.
• Content Info on Writers, Publishers and Music Users
• Writers:
  

  	Writers News
  	All About Royalties
  	APRA Events
  	Film & TV
  	Member Card Benefits
  	Member Publications
  	Supporting the Arts
  	Forms & Guidelines
  	FAQ
  	Bulletin Boards

• Publishers:

  	All About Royalties
  	APRA News
  	APRA Events
  	APRA Publications
  	Supporting the Arts
  	Forms and Guidelines

• Music Users:
  

  Music Users Home
  	All About Licences
  		Music in your Business
  		Events
  		Education & Print
  		Making Recordings
  		Production Music
  		Online & Mobile
  		Broadcasters
  	Publications and Guides

Screenrights:

• Screenrights Official website - http://www.screen.org/
• Screenrights - The Audio Visual Copyright Society
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  Helping educators copy from TV for teaching. Paying filmmakers for this use of their work. Screenrights was set up in 1990 to administer provisions in the Copyright Act that let schools, TAFEs and universities copy from TV and radio for teaching, provided they pay a fee. We monitor copying, collect royalties and distribute this money to our members on a non-profit basis. Screenrights’ educational copying licences now give more than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand educational institutions access to this valuable resource. They also bring in more than $20 million a year for distribution to the filmmakers who make the programs educators copy. Because our educational service is valuable to our members and to educators, we developed an online portal of resources, www.enhancetv.com.au that brings both these sectors together. Enhancetv lets educators know about upcoming programs relevant to them, and helps filmmakers improve their reach into this market for free. Visit enhancetv now and find out more. Screenrights International Screenrights also offers other royalty collection services for our members – including an international service for collecting royalties held by other overseas societies and an Australian retransmission service. Register once with us and you can maximise your royalties in Australia and overseas. Website Contents Film and TV users Film and TV industry Screenrights

• Resourced from official sites:
• www.apra.com.au (4/12/06 13:08)
• www.screen.org (4/12/06 13:15)