American Society for Collective Rights Licensing
Who is ASCRL?
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc. (“ASCRL”), is not-for-profit corporation that is located in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. ASCRL was organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, on July 7, 2015. ASCRL’s mission is to collect reprographic fees that originate in foreign countries throughout the world and to distribute them to rights owners for visual work, including illustration, photography, and other artwork.
ASCRL operates under the direction of a Board of Directors, whose volunteer members serve four-year terms, and who are responsible for overseeing the organization’s activities. ASCRL’s current Board is comprised of Directors who have exhibited many decades of commitment to artists’ rights organizations and arts advocacy.
ASCRL also operates under the supervision of, and with the recommendations of an Advisory Board of Directors, who also serve four-year terms. This Advisory Board represents broad cross sections of the visual art and photography industries. The Advisory Board members come from organizations that separately represent constituencies comprised of over 75,000 members. Information about ASCRL Boards may be viewed on the ASCRL website.
ASCRL is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, no part of the net earnings of the organization may be subject to the inurement of private individuals. As a 501(c)(6) organization, ASCRL’s financial information is publicly available in accordance with applicable IRS rules. As a 501(c)(6) organization, ASCRL’s mission is to serve the interests of visual art and photography industry constituents that it serves.
In November of 2017, ASCRL was formally admitted as a Collective Management Organization to the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO), which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. IFRRO's members constitute essentially all of the reprographic rights organizations and collecting societies that exist throughout the world. ASCRL is the first and the only IFRRO member to collect, administer, reprographic funds and to distribute them directly to rights owners who are U.S. citizens and who own copyright in photographic and or other visual artwork, and for rights owners who are foreign nationals who own copyright in photographic and other visual artwork that has been published in the U.S.
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc. (“ASCRL”), is not-for-profit corporation that is located in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. ASCRL was organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, on July 7, 2015. ASCRL’s mission is to collect reprographic fees that originate in foreign countries throughout the world and to distribute them to rights owners for visual work, including illustration, photography, and other artwork.
ASCRL operates under the direction of a Board of Directors, whose volunteer members serve four-year terms, and who are responsible for overseeing the organization’s activities. ASCRL’s current Board is comprised of Directors who have exhibited many decades of commitment to artists’ rights organizations and arts advocacy.
ASCRL also operates under the supervision of, and with the recommendations of an Advisory Board of Directors, who also serve four-year terms. This Advisory Board represents broad cross sections of the visual art and photography industries. The Advisory Board members come from organizations that separately represent constituencies comprised of over 75,000 members. Information about ASCRL Boards may be viewed on the ASCRL website.
ASCRL is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, no part of the net earnings of the organization may be subject to the inurement of private individuals. As a 501(c)(6) organization, ASCRL’s financial information is publicly available in accordance with applicable IRS rules. As a 501(c)(6) organization, ASCRL’s mission is to serve the interests of visual art and photography industry constituents that it serves.
In November of 2017, ASCRL was formally admitted as a Collective Management Organization to the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO), which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. IFRRO's members constitute essentially all of the reprographic rights organizations and collecting societies that exist throughout the world. ASCRL is the first and the only IFRRO member to collect, administer, reprographic funds and to distribute them directly to rights owners who are U.S. citizens and who own copyright in photographic and or other visual artwork, and for rights owners who are foreign nationals who own copyright in photographic and other visual artwork that has been published in the U.S.
