CISAC – the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers – is the world’s leading network of authors’ societies.

With 225 member societies in 116 countries, CISAC represents more than 5 million creators from all geographic areas and all artistic repertoires; music, audiovisual, drama, literature and visual arts. CISAC is presided over by Swedish songwriter, musician, singer, guitarist, producer and a member of the Swedish musical group ABBA Björn Ulvaeus and our four Vice Presidents are: South African singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Mexican composer and director Arturo Márquez, Japanese painter Kazuhiko Fukuoji, and Spanish screenwriter and director Ángeles González-Sinde Reig.
 
CISAC protects the rights and promotes the interests of creators worldwide. We enable collective management organisations to seamlessly represent creators across the globe and ensure that royalties flow to authors for the use of their works anywhere in the world.
Founded in 1926, CISAC is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation with headquarters in France and regional offices in
Africa, South America (Chile), Asia-Pacific (China) and Europe (Hungary).

Music

MUSIC

Audiovisual

AUDIOVISUAL

Dramatic arts

DRAMA

Literature

LITERATURE

Visual arts

VISUAL ARTS

CISAC in Five Minutes

Want to know more about CISAC, its people and its mission? Watch this five minute video, including interviews with creators and society heads we have worked alongside in recent years.

Our President on the mission of CISAC

CISAC President Bjorn Ulvaeus outlined his vision for CISAC in a speech to the CISAC General Assembly on the occasion of his election May 2020. See excerpts from the speech here.

CISAC Director-General on the future of collective management of authors’ rights

CISAC DG Gadi Oron surveyed the state of the collective management sector in this keynote speech at the ALAI Conference in Prague in September 2019.