Copydan Writing is a collective management organisation in Denmark that licenses the copying of text and sheet music by schools, universities, and businesses. It ensures that writers are paid when their work is copied. The Ivors Academy acts as Copydan’s UK agent, distributing these royalties.
Through an agreement with Copydan, customers can easily and legally copy text and sheet music, while ensuring that the rightsholders are fairly paid for the use of their work.
This right does not exist under UK law: PRS and MCPS do not cover the copying of text and sheet music in this way. Copydan has therefore appointed The Ivors Academy (the trading name of BASCA: the British Association of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) to distribute these royalties on their behalf.
The Ivors Academy is not a collecting society and acts solely as Copydan Writing’s agent in the UK.
