Collecting Society refers to a body created either by private agreements or by statute to represent copyright owners and manage their rights in copyright
works. The society may have the authority to
licence copyright
works to the public on behalf of its members and collect
licence fees paid by individuals and groups for the use of those
works. The society distributes these
licence fees to its members as royalty payments. CAL,
Screenrights,
AMCOS,
APRA,
ARIA,
PPCA,
VI$COPY and
CCLI are all
collecting societies.