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CWR for APRA AMCOS
APRA AMCOS administers performance and mechanical rights in Australia / New Zealand. One organization covering both right types for two countries.
History
APRA was founded in 1926 — it marked its centenary in 2026 — and AMCOS, the mechanical society, in 1979; they merged operations in 1997 after members asked for one door to knock on. The combined organization covers Australia and New Zealand as a single territory pair.
CWR at APRA AMCOS
APRA AMCOS takes CWR directly from publishers in the standard CISAC pattern; one registration covers both right types and both countries.
Publishers deliver CWR files to APRA AMCOS directly (as members, affiliates, or sub-publishers). Like nearly every CISAC society, APRA AMCOS works in the CWR 2.1 / 2.2 era — the versions in production use worldwide since the standard displaced the proprietary registration formats of the 1990s. Per-society delivery profiles do change, so confirm the current version and any local quirks before a first delivery.
Related societies
Two free checks for your CWR file. Is the file correct? Every record, share and control total against the spec, each problem on its exact line. Do its writers match their registrations? Every writer cross-checked against public registration data, including works registered under another spelling or IPI. Nothing stored: check a file at cwrcheck.com.