LATGA represents over 20 million foreign works and over 4 million authors and producers of music, plays, visual arts and audiovisual arts from all over the world on the basis of reciprocal representation agreements. Today, LATGA has signed 174 international representation agreements with collecting societies from 66 foreign countries.
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64 countries
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34 countries
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The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers was founded in 1926 on the initiative of societies of authors from 18 countries. CISAC currently brings together 232 collecting societies representing authors of music, audiovisual works, plays, literary and visual works from 120 countries. The current President of CISAC is ABBA member and songwriter Björn Ulvaeus. LATGA became a CISAC member in 1992.
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The European Visual Artists’ Association (EVA) was launched in 1997 and currently has 26 member associations for the collective management of copyright in the visual arts in Europe, representing nearly 100,000 authors of fine art, illustration, photography, design, architecture and other visual works. LATGA has been a member of EVA since 2000.
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IFFRO (International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations) The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFFRO), which started in 1980, currently has 145 members representing authors and rights holders in the visual arts when their works are reproduced by reprography. LATGA has been a member of this organisation since 2003.
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GESAC is currently made up of 33 collecting societies in 33 European countries, collectively representing more than one million creators and rights holders, including musicians, writers, visual artists, film directors and many other creators in the fields of music, audiovisual, visual arts and literary and play works. LATGA has been a member of this organisation since 2005. LATGA Director Laura Baškevičienė was elected to the GESAC Council in 2022.
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BIEM, the Society of Associations for the Collective Management of Copyright for Mechanical Reproduction Rights, has 53 members from 58 countries and has been active since 1929. LATGA has been a member of BIEM since 2016.
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SAA represents the interests of collecting societies and their member authors of audiovisual works in Europe. SAA brings together 33 associations from 25 European countries, representing more than 140,000 European film and television writers and directors. LATGA joined SAA in 2018.
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