25-688: [REDACTED] Look up osa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osa or OSA may refer to: Places [ edit ] Osa Peninsula , a peninsula in Costa Rica Osa (canton) , a canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica Osa Conservation Area , an administrative area in Costa Rica Osa, India , a village in Allahabad, India Osa, Iran ,
50-418: A Soviet surface-to-air missile launcher M79 Osa , a Serbian/Yugoslav rocket launcher Avia B.122 Osa , a Czech trainer aircraft Osa (handgun) a Russian non-lethal handgun Science and technology [ edit ] Optical spectrum analyzer Osa (plant) , a monotypic genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae OSA methodology Medicine [ edit ] Obstructive sleep apnea ,
75-536: A controversial department of the Church of Scientology Operation Save America Oscilloquartz SA People [ edit ] Sumire Haruno , Japanese actress, nicknamed Osa Osa Maliki (1907–1969), Indonesian politician Osa Massen (1914–2006), Danish actress Osa Odighizuwa (born 1998), American football player Lars Osa (1860–1958), Norwegian artist Other uses [ edit ] Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Office of Secret Actions,
100-550: A fictional government department in the video game Return to Castle Wolfenstein Official Secrets Act Online savings account Open skies agreement Osaka International Airport (former IATA code: OSA) See also [ edit ] Ossa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Osa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
125-485: A license, provided there are fewer than six speakers (with limits on the placement of speakers), and customers aren't charged to listen. Other exceptions include educational and charitable functions... If your business falls into one of the categories listed above (size of business, number and placement of speakers, etc.) radio/TV] you may want to check out section 110(5) of the Copyright Act. As you likely won't need
150-428: A license. But, before making a decision, check with a lawyer." By discouraging performances in limited public arenas, again using the restaurant example, critics say PROs eliminate the free publicity such performances provide for a work thereby depressing media sales. Incidentally, lower media sales conflict with PROs, but disputes between the two parties are not known to occur since each type of organisation represents
175-468: A music store, confer private performance rights. PROs usually only collect royalties when use of a work is incidental to an organisation's purpose. Royalties for works essential to an organisation's purpose, such as theaters and radio, are usually negotiated directly with the rights holder. The interest of the organisations varies: many have the sole focus of musical works, while others may also encompass works and authors for audiovisual, drama, literature, or
200-456: A sleep-related breathing disorder wherein episodes of upper airway obstruction lead to reduced breathing that interrupts normal sleep Osteosarcoma , a malignant neoplasm of bone Computing [ edit ] Open Scripting Architecture , for AppleScript Open Services Access , a set of standards for mobile telecommunications Online Sexual Activity Open Systems Adapter , an IBM card for mainframes Open systems architecture ,
225-403: A telecommunication standard Oversampling Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Oceania Swimming Association Ontario Soccer Association Ontario Society of Artists Open Solutions Alliance Optical Society Optimization Systems Associates , a defunct American software company Order of Saint Anne Order of Saint Augustine ( Ordo Sancti Augustini ),
250-881: A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran Osa, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , north Poland Osa, Norway , a village in Ulvik municipality, Vestland county, Norway Osa, Russia , the name of several inhabited localities in Russia Osa, Missouri , a community in the United States Old Scona Academic High School , a school in Edmonton, Canada Oakland School for the Arts Military [ edit ] Osa-class missile boat 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko),
275-660: Is CISAC headquartered in France, with 228 member societies in 119 countries. The first performing rights society was established in France in 1851. In the United Kingdom, the Copyright Act 1842 was the first to protect musical compositions with the Performing Right Society , founded in 1914 encompassing live performances. The rights for recorded or broadcast performance are administered by
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#1732772508955300-588: The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society , founded in 1924. Italy introduced a performing rights society in 1882 and Germany in 1915. In the United States, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) was founded in 1914; Society of European Stage Authors & Composers (SESAC) in 1930 and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in 1939. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Autores y Compositores de Musica (SPACEM)
325-640: The Americas , a non-profit organization that promotes understanding of Oriya culture and history Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Obavještajno sigurnosna / bezbjednosna agencija , or OSA-OBA), an intelligence and security agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Office of the Science Advisor, of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Special Affairs ,
350-721: The PRO represents. PROs have been criticised for charging non-profit organisations for their use of copyrighted music in situations where the non-profit organisation was not earning money from the use. ASCAP, for example, was eventually forced in the face of public opinion to abandon its attempts to charge the Girl Scouts of the USA for singing campfire songs. ASCAP's and SESAC 's policy of charging non-commercial educational (NCE) radio stations for playing copyrighted music has also been criticised, especially by college radio stations across
375-746: The Roman Catholic Augustinian order Oregon Student Association Organization of the Secret Army , French far-right nationalist group in Algeria OSA, a Czech Republic performance rights organisation Oriental Society of Australia now the Australian Society for Asian Humanities OSA Group , a Constructivist architectural association of the 1920s based in the USSR Orissa Society of
400-554: The U.S., to the Copyright Royalty Board , of the Library of Congress . PROs lobby on behalf of rights holders, especially in discussions of legal royalty rates. As a side benefit of tracking public performance of works for royalty collection, PROs publish statistics of publicly performed works. The licensing services provided by a PRO arguably provide advantage to customers, who can simultaneously license all works
425-477: The U.S., which rely entirely on student and listener support for funding and have difficulty affording the extra fees. Community Orchestras, which mostly play classical works in the public domain, may occasionally play a work within copyright, but are forced to pay licenses to rights societies on all concert revenues including concerts where all music is in the public domain, which is then distributed to songwriters of pop songs. PROs are often criticised for stretching
450-720: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 545871229 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:41:49 GMT Performance rights organisation A performance rights organisation ( PRO ), also known as a performing rights society, provides intermediary functions, particularly collection of royalties , between copyright holders and parties who wish to use copyrighted works publicly in locations such as shopping and dining venues. Legal consumer purchase of works, such as buying CDs from
475-446: The definition of "public performance." Until relatively recently in the U.S., playing copyrighted music in restaurants did not involve legal issues if the media was legally purchased. PROs now demand royalties for such use. "One exception to the rule allows businesses of a certain size (stores under 2,000 square feet, restaurants or bars under 3,750 square feet) to play music from a radio, television, or similar household device without
500-617: The equivalent: Although the Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution delegates the power to establish Copyright law in the United States, in recent years, a number of States have enacted transparency laws in respect to Performing Rights Societies. These generally force Performing Rights Societies to discloses the musical works they license. Because many establishments pay blanket license fees to Performing Rights Societies but have little or no idea if
525-470: The fees they pay actually secure the rights to perform musical works. This can result in unfair business practices called tolling . Many performing rights societies send representatives into businesses who attempt to disrupt or shut down a concert, claiming an insufficient or performing right license, and some states have banned this practice. Moreover, states with income taxes hope to withhold royalty income for "performances" inside those states rather than in
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#1732772508955550-543: The interests of the same parties - rights owners - and are forced to work in common interest. Rights owners – especially independents and newcomers not represented by large publishing companies – criticise the PROs for what they deem to be "mystical" formulas for deciding who gets what share of the total licensing revenue received. They also criticise PROs for slow or non-existent payments and excessive membership dues or service fees. Most countries (that observe copyright) have
575-496: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osa&oldid=1209672382 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Osa Peninsula Too Many Requests If you report this error to
600-429: The visual arts. In some countries PROs are called copyright collectives or copyright collecting agencies . A copyright collective is more general than a PRO as it is not limited to performances and includes reproduction rights organisations (RROs). RROs represent works distributed via mediums such as CD, audiocassette, or computer file rather than use of works in public settings. The global governing body for PROs
625-509: Was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1953. SPACEM's name was changed to ACEMLA, or Asociacion de Compositoes y Editores de Musica and remains today PRO No. 76 in the CISAC's roster of performing rights societies. Other than their primary purpose as an intermediary between rights holders and customers, PROs are highly active in legal arenas. PROs take alleged rights violators to court , or in
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