Who is eligible for membership?
Composers, Authors of music who have created works that have been fixed in tangible form i.e CDs, tapes, DVDs etc, released to the market. Music publishers are also eligible for membership.
Membership
ABOUT ZAMCOPS MEMBERSHIP
What are the benefits of being a member?
- Collect royalties from ZAMCOPS, which is mandated to collect and distribute such royalties from commercial users of music through annual licensing.
- Dispute resolution.
- Linking members names on an international database so that they are identified from anywhere in the world. This helps the easy transmission of royalties from foreign copyright societies to ZAMCOPS.
- Protection of ones works from unauthorized exploitation of their works.
ZAMCOPS MEMBERSHIP TYPES
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
An individual membership is for a solo artist who is not part of a band or group.
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
A music group or band is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble,choir or band typically known by a distinct na
PUBLISHER MEMBERSHIP
An individual/company that signs a legal publishing contract with a copyright holder to sponsor a recording of music and make it available to the general public for sale in form of promotion, marketing, distribution etc.