Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
Website Title: APRA – For Composers, Authors & Publishers of Music
Website Address: www.apra.com.au
Brief Description of Organisation/Resource
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.
Brief Overview of Website Contents
- Has sections for Writers, Musicians and Publishers
- Within each section, there is information about resent news; events; etc.
- There is also a section on Awards for each area, and
- The site has a job search engine attached to it.
Date and Time Visited: 5:07 PM Saturday, 9th December 2006
Screenrights (Formerly – The Audio Visual Copyright Society)
Website Title: Screenrights – The Audio Visual Copyright Society
Website Address: www.screen.org
Brief Description of Organisation/Resource
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.
Brief Overview of Website Contents
- Has links to sub areas for Film & TV Users, Film & TV Industry, and Screenrights
- Also has following links: Monthly News, Events & Latest News, Screenrights in New Zealand, Publications, Press Release, Jobs at Screenrights, and Speakers Bureau
Date and Time Visited: 5:11 PM, Saturday, 9th December 2006
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