MUSICAUTOR

Musicautor is an organization of composers, authors and music publishers for collective management of copyright. We offer more than 95% of the world's musical repertoire for the Bulgarian market. We alsow represent over 3000 Bulgarian authors and over 2 500 000 authors from all over the world, who are members of sister societies, with whom Musicautor has contracts for reciprocal representation. Musicautor actively works with the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC). It has been their member since 1993. Musicautor works by CISAC’s Professional rules for societies for collective management of copyright in music. Since 1996 Musicautor has been also a member of the international organisation representing mechanical rights societies (BIEM), and since 2018 Musicautor is a member in European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC). As a collective management organization Musicautor: ► licenses, i.e contractual arrangements with the users, whose’ businesses benefit from musical works – media and operators, facilities and retail establishments, web platforms and sites, concert promoters and others; ► collects rightholders’ royalties from the users based on tariffs, authorized by the Ministry of Culture. ► distributes royalties amongst the rightsholders, in compliance with the adopted Distribution rules by the General Assembly. ► is non-profitable. Musicautor encourages and protects authors by introducing innovative practices for revenue enhancement in the use of their works. We believe that by meeting the current legal, licensing and technological standards in collective management of copyright, we would be acknowledged by the authors, users, employees and international sister societies as a scrupulous and reliable partner. Our team recognizes and assumes responsibility through its practices to be a factor in the sustainable integration, affirmation and implementation of copyright in the value-system.