The Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. (FILSCAP), is a

collecting society A copyright collective (also known as a copyright society, copyright collecting agency, licensing agency or copyright collecting society or collective management organization) is a non-governmental body created by copyright law or private agreeme ...

in the Philippines. It undertakes

collective rights management Collective rights management is the licensing of copyright and related rights by organisations acting on behalf of rights owners. Collective management organisations (CMOs), sometimes also referred to as collecting societies, typically represen ...

for public performances and use of songs in television and radio broadcast and movies. FILSCAP's responsibility of royalty collecting extends to members of foreign affiliates such as the

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...

(ASCAP), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI),

Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. (; CASH) is a copyright collection society in Hong Kong established in 1977 which aims to administer and enforce collectively the rights of composers and authors (lyricists) of musical works subsist ...

(CASH), and more than fifty other organizations. FILSCAP is the holder of deeds of assignment to collect royalties from artists both in within and outside the Philippines. Established in 1965, FILSCAP is the Philippines’ sole collective management organization. It administers and manages so-called “economic rights” for some composers. FILSCAP's mission statement is to provide a “consistent income stream” for its members through, creative licensing, collection, distribution of performance, mechanical reproduction, and, synchronization royalties.The FILSCAP experience
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* Music licensing organizations Music organizations based in the Philippines Organizations established in 1965 1965 establishments in the Philippines {{music-org-stub