// last update: 09.07.2024
As a member of Sabam, your copyrights are managed abroad by the sister societies with which Sabam has entered into reciprocal representation agreements.
More specifically, this means that the foreign authors' society will do everything to assure your royalties are collected when your works are exploited on its territory. These royalties are then paid to Sabam to redistribute them to its members.
NB: All foreign authors' societies act autonomously on the basis of their own national legislation, articles of association and regulations. It may be the case that certain types of exploitations, some categories of authors and works are not managed by a sister society whereas in Belgium, Sabam intervenes for these cases. If you would like more information about this, you can get in contact with the Sabam Customer Service.
Please also take account of the fact that the foreign authors' society determines its rates independently. You can therefore not assume that the amount of foreign royalties will be the same as the amount you receive for exploitations of your work in Belgium. The economic situation of the country in question also plays a role.
Below you will find a list of the sister societies with which Sabam has closed a reciprocal contract (including the territories these societies represent).
* Unilateral representation agreement - Sabam is represented by the sister society
** Unilateral representation agreement - Sabam represents the sister society
COUNTRY | MUSICAL PERFORMING RIGHTS | MUSICAL MECHANICAL RIGHTS | THEATRE AND DANCE | AUDIOVISUAL | VISUAL ARTS | LITERATURE |
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Albania | ALBAUTOR | x | x | x | x | x |
Algeria | ONDA | ONDA | ONDA | x | x | ONDA |
Argentina | SADAIC | SADAIC | ARGENTORES | ARGENTORES | SAVA | x |
Armenia | ARMAUTHOR | ARMAUTHOR | x | x | x | x |
Australia | APRA Ashmore Island Australian Antartic Territory Cartier Island Christmas Island Cocos Islands Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Islands Heard Island Kiribati Macquarie Island Marshall Islands Mc Donald Island Nauru New Zealand Nieu Norfolk Island Palau Papua New Guinea Ross Dependency Salomon Islands Tokelau Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Western Samoa |
AMCOS Ashmore Island Australian Antartic Territory Cartier Island Christmas Island Cocos Islands Fiji Island Heard Island Macquarie Island Mc Donald Island Nauru New Zealand Nieu Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Ross Dependency Salomon Islands Tokelau Islands Western Samoa |
x | ASDACS* AWGACS* New Zealand |
COPYRIGHT AGENCY | x |
Austria | AKM | AUSTRO-MECHANA | THOMAS SESSLER VG.* | x | BILDRECHT | LITERAR MECHANA |
Azerbaijan | AAS | AAS | AAS | AAS | AAS | AAS |
Barbados | COSCAP | COSCAP | x | x | x | x |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | AMUS | x | x | x | x | x |
Brazil | UBC SBACEM** SBAT** ABRAMUS** AMAR** SOCINPRO** |
SICAM AMAR** SBACEM** SBAT** |
SBAT | ABRAMUS | AUTVIS | x |
Bulgaria | MUSICAUTOR | MUSICAUTOR | TEATERAUTOR | x | x | x |
Burkina Faso | BBDA | BBDA | BBDA | BBDA | BBDA | BBDA |
Canada | SOCAN | SODRAC | x | x | COVA-DAAV* | x |
Cape Verde | SCM COOPERATIVA | SCM COOPERATIVA | x | x | x | x |
Chile | SCD | SCD | ATN | ATN | CREAIMAGEN | ATN |
China | MCSC | MCSC | x | x | ICSC | x |
Colombia | SAYCO | SAYCO | SAYCO | SAYCO | x | x |
Costa Rica | ACAM | ACAM | x | x | x | x |
Croatia | HDS | HDS | x | DHFR | ARS CROATICA | x |
Cuba | ACDAM | ACDAM | x | x | x | x |
Czech Republic | OSA | OSA | DILIA | DILIA | GESTOR OOA-S |
DILIA |
Denmark | KODA Faroe Islands Greenland |
NCB Finland Iceland Norway Sweden |
x | x | VISDA | x |
Estonia | EAÜ | EAÜ | x | EAÜ | EAÜ | x |
Finland | TEOSTO | represented by NCB | x | KOPIOSTO | KUVASTO | x |
France | SACEM Austral Territories and French Antartic Islands Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Djibouti Egypt Gabon Gambia Guadeloupe Guinea Guyane Lebanon Luxemburg Madagascar Mali Morocco Martinique Mauritania Mayotte Monaco New Caledonia Niger Polynesia Reunion Island Senegal Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Tunisia Wallis & Futuna |
SACEM Austral Territories and French Antartic Islands Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Djibouti Egypt Gabon Gambia Guadeloupe Guinea Guyane Lebanon Luxemburg Madagascar Mali Morocco Martinique Mauritania Mayotte Monaco New Caledonia Niger Polynesia Reunion Island Senegal Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Tunisia Wallis & Futuna |
x | SACD**/* French Canada Luxemburg Monaco Oversees Territories SCAM**/* Luxemburg Monaco French Canada Oversees Territories |
ADAGP Luxemburg Monaco |
SACD** SCAM**/* Luxemburg Monaco French Canada Oversees Territories SACEM Andorra Austral Territories and French Antartic Islands Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Djibouti Egypt Gabon Gambia Guadeloupe Guinea Guyana Lebanon Luxemburg Madagascar Mali Morocco Martinique Mauritania Mayotte Monaco New Caledonia Niger Polynesia Reunion Island Senegal Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Tunisia Wallis & Futuna |
Georgia | GCA | GCA | GCA | GCA | GCA | GCA |
Germany | GEMA | GEMA | THOMAS SESSLER VG.* WORT |
WORT BILDKUNST* |
BILDKUNST | WORT |
Greece | AUTODIA EDEM** |
AUTODIA EDEM** |
x | x | GCSVA | x |
Hong Kong | CASH | CASH | x | x | x | x |
Hungary | ARTISJUS | ARTISJUS | HOFRA* | FILMJUS* | HUNGART | ARTISJUS |
India | IPRS | x | x | x | x | x |
Indonesia | WAMI | x | x | x | x | x |
Ireland (Eire) | IMRO | IMRO** | x | x | IVARO | x |
Iceland | STEF | represented by NCB | STEF | x | x | x |
Israel | ACUM | ACUM | x | x | x | ACUM |
Italy | SIAE Saint-Marin Vatican City State |
SIAE Saint-Marin Vatican City State |
SIAE | SIAE | SIAE | SIAE |
Ivory Coast | BURIDA | BURIDA | x | x | BURIDA | x |
Jamaica | JACAP | x | x | x | x | x |
Japan | JASRAC | JASRAC | x | WGJ | JASPAR | x |
Korea (Republic) | KOMCA | KOMCA | x | x | SACK | x |
Latvia | AKKA/LAA | AKKA/LAA | AKKA/LAA | AKKA/LAA | AKKA/LAA | AKKA/LAA |
Lithuania | LATGAA | LATGAA | LATGAA | LATGAA* | LATGAA | LATGAA |
Macao | MACA | x | x | x | x | x |
Macedonia | ZAMP | ZAMP | x | x | x | x |
Malaysia | MACP | MACP** | x | x | x | x |
Mauritius | MASA | MASA | x | x | x | x |
Mexico | SACM | SACM | SOGEM | x | SOMAAP | SOGEM |
Netherlands (The) | BUMA Netherlands Antilles Irian Surinam |
STEMRA Netherlands Antilles Irian Surinam |
BREDERO** | LIRA VEVAM* |
PICTORIGHT | LIRA |
Norway | TONO | represented by NCB | x | x | BONO | x |
Panama | SPAC | x | x | x | x | x |
Paraguay | APA | APA | x | x | x | x |
Peru | APDAYC | FONOPEROU* Bolivia Colombia |
x | x | APSAV | x |
Philippines (The) | FILSCAP | FILSCAP | x | x | x | x |
Poland | ZAIKS | ZAIKS | ZAIKS | ZAIKS** ZAPA |
x | ZAIKS |
Portugal | SPA Angola Azores (The) Guinea-Bissau Macao Madeira Mozambique Sao Tomé-and-Principe Timor |
SPA Angola Azores (The) Guinea-Bissau Macao Madeira Mozambique Sao Tomé-and-Principe Timor |
SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA |
Romania | UCMR-ADA | UCMR-ADA | x | DACIN SARA | VISARTA | COPYRO |
Russia | RAO | RAO | RAO | x | UPRAVIS | RAO |
Senegal | represented by SACEM | represented by SACEM | x | x | BSDA | x |
Serbia | SOKOJ | SOKOJ | x | x | x | SOKOJ |
Singapore | COMPASS | COMPASS | x | x | x | x |
Slovakia | SOZA | SOZA | LITA | LITA | LITA | LITA |
Slovenia | SAZAS | SAZAS | x | x | x | x |
South Africa | SAMRO Botswana Lesotho Rhodesia South-EAst Africa Swaziland |
SAMRO | DALRO | x | DALRO | DALRO |
Spain |
UNISON** SGAE |
UNISON** SGAE |
SGAE Andorra |
SGAE Andorra |
VEGAP | SGAE Andorra |
Sweden | STIM | represented by NCB | x | x | Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige | x |
Switzerland | SUISA Liechtenstein |
SUISA Liechtenstein |
SSA Liechtenstein |
SSA* SUISSIMAGE* Liechtenstein |
PROLITTERIS Liechtenstein |
PROLITTERIS Liechtenstein |
Taiwan | MUST | represented by HARRY FOX | x | x | x | x |
Thailand | MCT | x | x | x | x | x |
Togo | BUTODRA | BUTODRA | x | x | BUTODRA | x |
Turkey | MESAM MSG** |
MESAM MSG** |
x | x | x | x |
Ukraine | UACRR | UACRR | UACRR | x | x | UACRR |
United Kingdom | PRS Ascension Island Bahamas Belize Bermuda Islands British Antartic Territory Biritish Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Cayman Islands Channel Islands Cyprus Diego Garcia Isle of Man Falkland Islands Ghana Gibraltar Malawi Malta Montserrat Pitcairn Island Seychelles South Georgia South Sandwich Islands St Helena Tanzania Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Uganda |
MCPS Ascension Island Bahamas Belize Bermuda Islands British Antartic Territory Biritish Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Cayman Islands Channel Islands Cyprus Isle of Man Falkland Islands Ghana Gibraltar Guyana Malawi Malta Montserrat Pakistan Pitcairn Island Seychelles South Georgia Siera Leone Sri Lanka South Sandwich Islands St Helena Tanzania Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Uganda |
DACS ACS** |
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United States of America |
ASCAP |
HARRY FOX SESAC** AMRA** |
x | x | ARS | x |
Uruguay | AGADU | AGADU | AGADU | AGADU | AGADU | AGADU |
Venezuela | SACVEN | SACVEN | SACVEN | x | AUTORARTE | SACVEN |
Vietnam | VCPMC | VCPMC | x | x | x | x |