Trade Association - Copyright Trade Groups

Copyright Trade Groups

• The RIAA represents the recording industry in the United States.
• The MPAA represents the film industry in the United States.

Sometimes the shorthand **AA is used to refer to both the RIAA and the MPAA.

• AJA, The Association of Japanese Animations is a group consisting of small to medium sized companies, united together to overcome some of the bigger problems, like infringement of intellectual properties, as rampant piracy and illegal file exchange has risen due to the introduction of P2P networking software. (website)
• BSA, the Business Software Alliance, protects the intellectual property of software developers.
• ESA, the Entertainment Software Association, protects the intellectual property of game developers in the US.
• IFPI, the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (website). IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide with over 1450 members in 75 countries and affiliated industry associations in 48 countries. The IFPI works in partnership with similar national organizations, which are listed on the site. IFPI are affiliated with the RIAA.
• BPI, the British Phonographic Industry (website) is the UK music industry association. They founded the BRIT Awards, and give Gold, Silver and Platinum disks for UK-based sales. While they also try to prevent and punish copyright infringement, their efforts are more subdued than those of the RIAA's.
• ASINCOL, the Colombian Association of Phonograph Producers (website) is the Colombian music industry association.
• FACT, the Federation Against Copyright Theft (website) is the main UK anti-copyright infringement organization, though it mainly deals with copyright infringement relating to films.
• Music Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Recording Industry Association (website), is the non-profit trade organization representing the largest Canadian companies that create, manufacture and market sound recordings.
• ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association (website) is the organization which oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties in Australia.
• RIANZ, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, is the non-profit trade association for producers and artists in New Zealand.
• JASRAC, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Japan.
• RIAJ, the Recording industries Association of Japan.
• ROMS, the Russian Organization on Collective Management of Rights of Authors and Other Rightholders in Multimedia, Digital Networks & Visual Arts in Russia.
• AMPROFON, the Mexican association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms.
• AVPAS, Anti Video Piracy Association of Singapore for anime.
• GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte) in Germany