Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (French: Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs, CISAC) is an international non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation that aims to protect the rights and promote the interests of creators worldwide. It advocates for strong legal protection of copyright and authors' rights. It is the world's largest international network of authors' societies, also known as collective management organisations (CMOs), copyright / royalty collection societies, collecting societies, or performance rights organisations (PROs).

As of 2024, 225 authors' societies from 119 countries are members of CISAC. Together, these authors' societies represent music publishers and approximately four million creators and publishers from all geographic regions and all artistic fields (music, audiovisual, drama, visual arts and literature).

In 2015, CISAC's member societies collected, €8.6bn in royalties from their respective national territories.

CISAC was founded in 1926. Its international headquarters are located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, with four regional offices based in Budapest, Hungary (European Affairs), Santiago, Chile (Latin American and Caribbean Affairs), Burkina Faso (African Affairs) and, since January 2013, Beijing, China (Asia-Pacific Affairs).

CISAC is financed by membership dues and has three official languages: English, French and Spanish.

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