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Swiss copyright collection and performing rights society From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SUISA is the cooperative society for music authors in Switzerland and Liechtenstein[1] .The Swiss Cooperative Society for Music Authors and Publishers [2](French: Coopérative des auteurs et éditeurs de musique; German: Genossenschaft der Urheber und Verleger von Musik; Italian: Cooperativa degli autori ed editori di musica) or Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works (French: Société suisse pour les droits des auteurs d'œuvres musicales; German: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber von musikalischen Werken; Italian: Società svizzera per i diritti degli autori di opere musicali)[3], commonly known as SUISA (from SUISse Auteurs, "Switzerland Authors"), is the collecting society for Swiss songwriters, composers and music publishers.
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It undertakes collective rights management for its members in order to collect license fees when their musical works are performed in public[4], broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing royalties. It was formed in 1923. It is also the administrative body for the CAE number.[5]
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