International Confederation of Authors' and Composers' Societies
International Confederation of Authors' and Composers' Societies, Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs
Founded: 1926
Sources:
HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938
Officers
A Committee composed as follows: (HB 1929)
Le Bureau est renouvelé chaque année par l'Assemblée confédérale au cours du Congrès. Il est composé comme suit pour l'exercice 1935-36 :
(HB 1936)
The officers are appointed each year by the joint assembly of the constituent Federations during the Congress. For the year 1935-36 they are as follows:
(HB 1938)
Seats
Relationships with other Organisations
Members in these countries
Authors' and composers' societies in the following countries: (HB 1929)
Quarante-neuf Sociétés d'auteurs et compositeurs des pays suivants: (HB 1936)
Fifty authors' and composers' societies in the following countries: (HB 1938)
Argentina
(since 1929)
,
Australia
(since 1936)
,
Austria
(since 1929)
,
Belgium
(since 1929)
,
Brazil
(since 1936)
,
Canada
(since 1936)
,
Czechoslovakia
(since 1929)
,
Denmark
(since 1929)
,
Estonia
(since 1936)
,
Finland
(since 1929)
,
France
(since 1929)
,
Germany
(since 1929)
,
Greece
(since 1929)
,
Hungary
(since 1929)
,
Italy
(since 1929)
,
Netherlands
(since 1929)
,
Norway
(since 1929)
,
Poland
(since 1929)
,
Portugal
(since 1929)
,
Romania
(since 1929)
,
Spain
(since 1929)
,
Sweden
(since 1929)
,
Switzerland
(since 1929)
,
United Kingdom
(since 1929)
,
United States of America
(since 1929)
,
Uruguay
(since 1936)
,
Vatican City
(since 1938)
,
Yugoslavia
(since 1936)
,
Congresses
Object
(1) To improve and standardise the organisation of the various member societies, with the special purpose of providing more effectual protection for the moral and material rights of authors and composers, etc.
(2) To work in concert with the other associations interested to secure recognition for literary and artistic copyright in all countries in which it is not recognised nor protected, and to improve the various national laws and the international legislation regarding literary and artistic copyright, etc.
(3) To establish a documentation, information and control centre, etc.
(4) Generally speaking, to make a study of all problems affecting the drama and music.
(HB 1929)
Améliorer et unifier autant que possible l'organisation des diverses sociétés adhérentes, notamment en vue d'assurer une protection plus efficace des droits moraux et matériels des auteurs et compositeurs, tels qu'ils résultent des législations en vigueur; travailler, de concert avec les autres associations intéressées, à faire reconnaître, dans tous les pays où elle n'est pas encore reconnue ou protégée, la propriété littéraire et artistique, ainsi qu'à améliorer les diverses législations et la législation internationale sur la propriété littéraire et artistique, sur les droits moraux et matériels des auteurs et compositeurs et sur les ouvrages tombés dans le domaine public; créer un centre de documentation, d'information et de contrôle permettant aux diverses sociétés adhérentes de fournir à leurs membres les garanties les plus efficaces en ce qui concerne la représentation, l'exécution, la traduction, la diffusion et l'adaptation de leurs ouvrages à l'étranger; d'une manière générale, étudier en commun tous les problèmes intéressant l'art dramatique, lyrique ou musical sous ses diverses formes, et la perception et la répartition des droits.
(HB 1936)
To improve and as far as possible to standardise the organisation of the various member societies with the special purpose of ensuring more effectual protection for the moral and material rights of authors and composers, under the laws at present in force; to work, in concert with the other associations interested, to secure recognition
for literary and artistic copyright in all countries in which it is not yet recognised or protected and to improve the various national laws and international legislation regarding literary and artistic copyright, the moral and material rights of authors and composers, and works of which the copyright has expired; to establish a documentation, information and control centre enabling the various member societies to provide their members with effective guarantees as regards the performance, execution, translation, circulation and adaptation of their works abroad; in general, to make a joint study of all problems affecting the drama, poetry and music in their different forms, and the collection and payment of royalties.
(HB 1938)
Finances
Subscriptions from affiliated societies. (HB 1929)
Cotisation annuelle payée par chaque société confédérée. Les dépenses annuelles s'élèvent à environ 200.000 francs. (HB 1936)
Annual subscriptions from each of the federated societies. The annual expenditure is about 200,000 francs. (HB 1938)
General facts
In 1926, the French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers took the initiative in summoning a congress of societies of dramatic authors and composers. At this congress a Federation limited to societies of dramatic authors and composers was founded. As, however, certain of the affiliated societies contained sections for the collection of fees in respect of non-dramatic rights, these societies called for the admission of all authors' and composers' societies without exception. Accordingly, the organisations whose object is to collect non-dramatic fees were also summoned to the 1927 Congress at Rome and the organisation is now divided (see above) into two separate and independent federations.
(HB 1929)
En 1926, la Société française des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques prit l'initiative de réunir en congrès les différentes sociétés d'auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques. Ce congrès aboutit à la fondation d'une Confédération groupant exclusivement les Sociétés d'auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques. Certaines des Sociétés adhérentes comprenant également une section pour la perception des droits d'auteur sur les œuvres non théâtrales réclamèrent l'admission de toutes les Sociétés d'auteurs et compositeurs sans exception. L'admission de ces Sociétés fut décidée au Congrès de 1927. Congrès internationaux tenus à Rome, en 1927; Berlin, en 1928; Madrid, en 1929; Budapest, en 1930; Londres, en 1931; Vienne, en 1932; Copenhague, en 1933; Varsovie, en 1934; Séville, en 1935.
(HB 1936)
: In 1926, the French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers took the initiative in summoning a congress of societies of dramatic authors and composers. At this Congress a Confederation limited to societies of dramatic authors and composers was founded. As, however, certain of the affiliated societies contain sections for the collection of fees in respect of non-dramatic works these societies called for the admission of all authors' and composers' societies without exception. The Congress of 1927 decided on the admission of these societies. Since then a Federation of Societies for the Collection of Mechanical Rights has been founded (in 1932) and a Federation of Men of Letters (in 1935). International Congresses were held in Rome in 1927, Berlin in 1928, Madrid in 1929, Budapest in 1930, London in 1931, Vienna in 1932, Copenhagen in 1933, Warsaw in 1934, Seville in 1935 and Berlin in 1936.
(HB 1938)
Publications
Annual Review. (HB 1929)
Inter-Auteurs (paraissant dix fois par an) ; compte rendu de chaque congrès (neuf volumes parus depuis 1926). (HB 1936)
Inter-Auteurs (ten numbers yearly); the Proceedings of each Congress (nine volumes have been published since 1926).
(HB 1938)
Activities
Annual congresses of the two constituent federations in the same town on the same date; these congresses hold at least one joint sitting as a congress of the Confederation. The last Congress was held at Madrid in April 1929.
(HB 1929)
Congrès annuel. Entre ces congrès, le Bureau confédéral, les bureaux fédéraux, les diverses commissions, se réunissent plusieurs fois, suivant les besoins.
(HB 1936)
An annual congress. Between congresses the Officers of the Confederation and of the separate Federations and various committees meet several times, as required. (HB 1938)
