Abbreviation | SAMRO |
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Formation | 1961 |
Type | Not for profit |
Headquarters | Braamfontein, South Africa |
Key people | Nicholas Maweni, Chairman[1] |
Website | samro |
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), is a copyright asset management society. It was established by the South African Copyright Act,[2] and aims to protect the intellectual property of music creators by licensing music users, collecting licence fees and distributing royalties to music creators.[3] SAMRO represents more than 15,000 Southern African music composers, lyricists/authors and music publishers.[4] The organisation administers performing rights.[5]