American Society for Collective Rights Licensing
How does ASCRL obtain the funds that it distributes to visual artists and photographers?
As a collective rights society, ASCRL’s mission is to establish agreements (bilateral relationships) with sister “collecting societies” in foreign countries, that collect funds deriving from the lawful use, in those countries, of visual art and photographic works so that the funds can be distributed to visual artists and photographers in the U.S. More can be learned about collecting societies on the ASCRL website, and the website of the IFRRO (www.ifrro.org). ASCRL’s foreign sister societies collect their funds under foreign laws that require that those societies be paid under various foreign legal systems that are notably unlike the systems that function in the U.S.
As a collective rights society, ASCRL’s mission is to establish agreements (bilateral relationships) with sister “collecting societies” in foreign countries, that collect funds deriving from the lawful use, in those countries, of visual art and photographic works so that the funds can be distributed to visual artists and photographers in the U.S. More can be learned about collecting societies on the ASCRL website, and the website of the IFRRO (www.ifrro.org). ASCRL’s foreign sister societies collect their funds under foreign laws that require that those societies be paid under various foreign legal systems that are notably unlike the systems that function in the U.S.
