Activity Scope

ACUM is a non-profit corporation administering the rights assigned to it by its members: authors, composers, lyricists, poets, arrangers and music publishers.


The rights administered by ACUM include performing rights, mechanical rights (audio and audio-visual reproductions) and reprint rights.

By its reciprocal representation agreements ACUM also administers these rights- fully or partly on behalf of hundreds of thousands members of 107 affiliated Societies from all over the world.


ACUM was established in 1936 by a small group of leading authors and composers, and has now a membership of ca. 4,000 creators and publishers.

ACUM's Board of Directors consists of 7 membersplus one outside Director - 3 authors, 3 composers and 1 publisher- elected by the full members for a four year term. Member of the Board of Directors cannot serve more than two consecutive terms of  4 years each.

ACUM is a member of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers), and of BIEM (International Bureau of Societies administering Mechanical Rights). 

WHAT DOES ACUM DO?
The function of Acum aims at ensuring that music creators are rewarded for the usage of their works. Its activities include:

• Collection of royalties from music users
  
  Acum collects royalties by issuing licenses to music users , in Israel. Through reciprocal agreement with international sister- societies, Acum also collects royalties for its members, from around the world.