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The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) is a copyright collecting society representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. Its head office is in Sydney, with other offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. APRA is a member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), which was formed in 1926 and is based in Paris, France. It also presents awards for songwriters and composers in popular and classical music as well For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Copyrights. ...
A Copyright collective (also known as a copyright collecting agency or collecting society) is a body created by private agreements or by copyright law that collects royalty payments from various individuals and groups for copyright holders. ...
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Brief history
The first Performing right society acting as a copyright collecting society was established during 1850 in France. Co-operation between societies is formalised under the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), which was formed in 1926 and is based in Paris, France. Each member society is responsible for documenting the ownership of its own members' works and for issuing licences to music users within its territory. Reciprocal agreements exist between societies. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
APRA was formed in 1926 and has represented the interests of music copyright holders in Australasia since then. In 1929, radio broadcasters in Sydney and Melbourne offered APRA £7 pounds a week to cover the cost of royalties with music broadcasts limited to 66 hours a week. (1) This arrangement broke down in 1931 with APRA banning the playing of records on air. The Australian Federation of Commercial Broadcasting Stations was formed in that year to sort out problems with royalties and copyright issues and the stations agreed to pay a fixed sum for broadcasting rights.
In 1968, Australian copyright law was changed with the introduction of the Australian Copyright Act. APRA manages the rights of its members under this act. It offers businesses and other organisations a range of licenses to use copyrighted music with APRA monitoring radio and television stations, concert promoters and cinemas in particular. Since 1997, APRA has also represented the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society representing Australasian music publishers. Australian copyright law is based on the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and defines copyright in Australia. ...
As at 2005, APRA has 28,000 members in Australasia and represents the interests of 2 million creators and publishers from elsewhere in the world. It collected $146 million in royalties and distributes $127 million to copyright holders. (3)
APRA Awards APRA also runs a number of awards to honour achievements by songwriters including the APRA Awards, the APRA Classical Music Awards and the Screen Awards.
APRA Awards The APRA Awards were established in 1982 to honor songwriters and music composers for their efforts. The award categories are: - Song of the Year is voted by members of APRA and is considered one of the most prestigious of the awards. In the 2005 awards, Missy Higgins won for her song Scar.
- Songwriter of the Year is voted by the board of APRA. In the 2005 awards, Jet won the Songwriter of the Year award.
- The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music is decided by APRA's board for a lifetime contribution. The Award is named after Ted Albert whose company Albert Productions put out records by The Easybeats, AC-DC and John Paul Young. In 2005, promoter Michael Chugg won the award while Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott of AC-DC won the award in 2003. (4)
- There are a number of awards given for most performed work based on a statistical analysis of APRA's database. These awards include "Most Performed Australian Work of the Year", Most Performed Australian Work Overseas", "Most Performed Foreign Work", "Most Performed Jazz Work", "Most Performed Country Work" and "Most Performed Dance Work".
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APRA - Australian Musical Centre Classical Music Awards In 2001, APRA joined forces with the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to present awards for Australian classical music.. The AMC had been presenting awards for classical music since 1988 although funding cuts meant that no awards were presented between 1993 and 1995. The participation of APRA helped to secure the future of the awards which are the only Australian awards for contemporary Australian classical music. This award has been won by composers including Peter Sculthorpe, Richard Mills, Breton Broadstock and Ross Edwards. Peter Sculthorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a noted Australian composer from Launceston, Tasmania. ...
Screen Music Awards APRA presents award for music used in movies together with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers with the first awards presented in 1992. In the 2004 Awards, Lisa Gerrard won the 2004 International Achievement Award, Elizabeth Drake won the Best Feature Film Score and Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti won the Best Soundtrack Album for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician and singer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with fellow Australian Brendan Perry. ...
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See also The PRS (short for Performing Right Society) is the collecting society for UK songwriters, composers and music publishers. ...
References - "Australasian Performing Rights Association Awards" in Ann Atkinson, Lindsay Knight and Margaret McPhee Encyclopedia of the Performing Arts in Australia Allen & Unwin 1996 published on Macquarie.net, 2005
Footnotes (1) Macquarie Library, Encyclopedia of Australian Events 1997 Bryce Fraser editor accessed through MacquarieNet
(2) Encyclopedia of Australian Events Op. Cit.
(3) APRA About Us
(4) Undercover News, Kasey Chambers proves Pretty Enough for APRA Award May 20, 2003 [1] Kasey Chambers (born: June 4, 1976) is Australias most popular country music performer with two successive albums reaching number one on the Australian album charts in 2002 and 2004. ...
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