Swiss cooperative managing the rights of authors of musical works. SUISASwiss cooperative managing the rights of authors of musical works. SUISA represents the so-called "small rights". Those rights include non-theatrical musical works, concert versions of theatrical and musical works for feature and TV films. SUISA issues a licence to its customers, i.e. concert organisers, record producers, radio and TV broadcasters and others, so that they may perform, broadcast, disseminate and... represents the so-called “small rights”. Those rights include non-theatrical musical works, concert versions of theatrical and musical works for feature and TV films. SUISASwiss cooperative managing the rights of authors of musical works. SUISA represents the so-called "small rights". Those rights include non-theatrical musical works, concert versions of theatrical and musical works for feature and TV films. SUISA issues a licence to its customers, i.e. concert organisers, record producers, radio and TV broadcasters and others, so that they may perform, broadcast, disseminate and... issues a licenceContract by means of which the rights owner grants the licensee authorisation for specific work usages within a specific period and for a specific territory (on an exclusive or a non-exclusive basis). The copyright is actually not transferred, and the licensee therefore does, in principle, not acquire the right to act vis-a-vis third parties. to its customers, i.e. concert organisers, record producers, radio and TV broadcasters and others, so that they may perform, broadcast, disseminate and reproduce said music. Grand rights such as operas or musicals are managed by the Société Suisse des Auteurs, SSA.
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