SAMRO
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The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), is a South African performance rights organization that represents more than 15,000 Southern African music composers, lyricists/authors and music publishers.
It was established by the South African Copyright Act, and aims to protect the intellectual property of music creators by licensing music users, collecting licence fees and distributing royalties to music creators.
SAMRO was established in 1961 under the stewardship of Dr Gideon Roos Senior, to protect the intellectual property of composers and authors and to ensure that their creative output is adequately accredited and compensated both locally and internationally.
In June 1962, SAMRO was accepted as a member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
Today, SAMRO has grown into an internationally recognised collecting administration business representing more than 12 000 music creators. It has built up a solid reputation as the primary representative of music Performing Rights in Southern Africa, and is well respected among its global peers in the music industry.
