Verwertungsgesellschaften#

Collecting Societies, associations and societies established to protect copyright and licences of products of art vis-à-vis third parties and to allocate tantièmes and royalties. Among the 12 societies active in Austria the major ones are AKM (authors, composers, music publishers), Austro-Mechana (music), Literarische Verwertungsgesellschaft and Literar-Mechana (both for works of literature).