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APRA AMCOS is Australasia’s leading music rights management organisation representing songwriters, composers and publishers since 1926. With more than 108,000 members across Australia and New Zealand, our membership includes the very best and brightest of established and emerging musical talent at home and around the globe.
We administer rights on their behalf, supporting songwriters, composers and publishers in an industry that is a flagship of culture and creativity, generating billions of dollars each year for the Australian and New Zealand economies.
We are affiliated with similar collective management organisations around the world. So when Australian and New Zealand songs and compositions are played overseas, Australian and New Zealand writers get paid. We also help music customers in Australia and New Zealand access music from the rest of the world.
APRA, the Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) was established in 1926 to manage the performance and communication rights of its members. This covers music that is communicated or performed publicly including on radio, television, online, live gigs in pubs and clubs etc.
AMCOS, the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (AMCOS) was established in 1979 to manage “mechanical royalties”, that is, the reproduction or copying and storage of music in different formats. This covers copying of songs and compositions by record labels or other parties to sell them on CD, DVD, online, for use as production music and for radio/TV programs.
Today APRA AMCOS is one organisation that covers all these rights and uses of music, for both local and international songs, for the benefit of music creators and music customers.
We administer rights on their behalf, supporting songwriters, composers and publishers in an industry that is a flagship of culture and creativity, generating billions of dollars each year for the Australian and New Zealand economies.
We are affiliated with similar collective management organisations around the world. So when Australian and New Zealand songs and compositions are played overseas, Australian and New Zealand writers get paid. We also help music customers in Australia and New Zealand access music from the rest of the world.
APRA, the Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) was established in 1926 to manage the performance and communication rights of its members. This covers music that is communicated or performed publicly including on radio, television, online, live gigs in pubs and clubs etc.
AMCOS, the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited (AMCOS) was established in 1979 to manage “mechanical royalties”, that is, the reproduction or copying and storage of music in different formats. This covers copying of songs and compositions by record labels or other parties to sell them on CD, DVD, online, for use as production music and for radio/TV programs.
Today APRA AMCOS is one organisation that covers all these rights and uses of music, for both local and international songs, for the benefit of music creators and music customers.
Overview
Location
Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Employees
201-500
Phone
642 634
Founded date
1926
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Oct 27, 2025 | - | Alberts has welcomed news as reported in The Guardian that the Australian government has ruled out changes to copyright laws that protect Australian creatives when it comes to AI. In August, the Productivity Commission recommended a ‘Text a... |
| Sep 7, 2025 | APRA AMCOS updates music licensing with Microsoft Dynamics 365 | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | APRA AMCOS supports Senate report on AI impact in Australia | APRA AMCOS has welcomed a recent report by the Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, highlighting critical recommendations aimed at safeguarding Australian creators from the challenges posed by AI technologies. The report unde... |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Audacity Australia partners with Soundtrack for business music | Audacity Australia has announced a strategic partnership with Soundtrack Your Brand to enhance offerings for audio-visual integrators and their clients in Australia. This partnership aims to combine Audacity's extensive network and expertis... |
| Feb 5, 2021 | Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition Top 40 finalists announced! | The 2020 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition top 40 finalists have just been announced with a record number of submissions from 46 countries received raising just over A$203,000 for the transformative work of Nordoff-Robbins Mu... |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Aussie Celebrities Join Campaign to Oppose Fair Use | Earlier this year, the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission published a Draft Report on Intellectual Property Arrangements. It recommended various amendments to local copyright law. As previously reported, the Commission suggeste... |
| Apr 18, 2016 | KickassTorrents Next Target For Aussie Piracy Blocklist | After years of attempting to clamp down on piracy in 2015 entertainment industry companies in Australia finally had progress to report. New legislation passed last year allowed copyright holders to apply to the Federal Court to have infring... |
| Jun 24, 2015 | There are better ways to combat piracy than blocking websites | The Senate passed controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015, last night. But it’s not so clear whether the legislation will actually achieve its stated ends of reducing piracy, and it mig... |
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FAQ about APRA AMCOS
When was APRA AMCOS founded?
APRA AMCOS was founded in 1926.
What has the press written about APRA AMCOS?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning APRA AMCOS, among them “APRA AMCOS updates music licensing with Microsoft Dynamics 365” (Sep 7, 2025) and “APRA AMCOS supports Senate report on AI impact in Australia” (Dec 2, 2024).
Is APRA AMCOS still active?
Yes, APRA AMCOS is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 16, 2026.