Cedroa

What Cedroa does

CEDRO (Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos) is a Spanish non-profit collective rights management organization founded in 1988 and authorized by the Spanish Ministry of Culture to administer reproduction rights for books, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music. It represents approximately 37,000 members — authors, translators, journalists, and publishers — covering a repertoire of more than 235,000 works, and maintains 56 reciprocal international agreements with peer organizations to extend effective repertoire reach across more than 40 countries.

The organization operates a licensing platform comprising annual subscription licenses for enterprises, educational institutions, press, and public institutions, supplemented by pay-per-use licenses transacted through its conlicencia.com portal and a private blockchain-based license zone for transaction transparency. Complementary services include public lending management, private copying compensation administration, university use licensing, social assistance programs (4,000+ grants annually, 265 cultural projects supported), the "Es de libro" educational program (20 editions, 46,300+ participants), and the Escuela del Derecho de Autor training platform.

Revenue is generated primarily through licensing fees, with €28.2M collected in 2025 and €23.7M distributed to 32,927 rights holders; 7.48% is retained as administration. Go-to-market is direct through the conlicencia.com portal, the cedro.org website, and offices in Madrid and Barcelona, with indirect reach via 20+ partner author and publisher associations.

Name

Cedroa

Legal name

Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos EGDPI

Website

https://cedro.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CEDRO is a Spanish non-profit collective rights management organization authorized since 1988 to license reproduction rights for books, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music on behalf of 37,000 author and publisher members managing a repertoire of 235,000+ works.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Rights Management

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Book Publishers (513130), All Other Publishers (513199)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Royalty Accounting & Payment Services (Statements, Audits, Payee Management) (MPAIABAL), Publishing Administration (Catalog Admin, Global Subpublishing) (MPAIABAB), Micro-Licensing & Direct Licensing Platforms (UGC, SMB venues, online uses) (MPAIAKAJ)

Keywords

• Collective rights management
• Copyright licensing services
• Reproduction rights administration
• Royalty distribution services
• Intellectual property licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Humanes De Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Licensing Fees: CEDRO collects licensing fees from companies, educational institutions, and public institutions that reproduce or share copyrighted works. This includes annual licenses and pay-per-use licenses for photocopying, digital copying, and distribution of books, articles, and other publications.
2. Private Copying Compensation: Legal compensation for authors and publishers for private copying of their works, collected based on the Intellectual Property Law. CEDRO allocates 20% of this revenue to social functions.
3. Public Lending Remuneration: Compensation for authors for the public lending of their works in libraries. CEDRO allocates 20% of this revenue to social assistance for authors.
4. University Use Remuneration: Compensation for particular uses of copyrighted works in universities and educational institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

CEDRO is the authorized Spanish collective management entity for reproduction rights of books, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music. It licenses reproduction and digital copying of copyrighted works to companies, educational institutions, and public organizations through annual and pay-per-use licenses, and collects and distributes royalties to its 37,000 author and publisher members. It also administers public lending remuneration, private copying compensation, and university use licensing under the Spanish Intellectual Property Law.

Product overview

CEDRO is a collective copyright management organization offering a comprehensive licensing ecosystem centered on copyright licensing services for the reproduction and use of written works. The core offering includes annual licenses and pay-per-use licenses for businesses, educational institutions, and organizations covering books, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music. Related services encompass public lending management, private copying compensation administration, university use licensing, and social assistance programs for authors. The organization also operates the conlicencia.com licensing portal and the 'Es de libro' educational program. All services are interconnected through the collective rights management framework, enabling legal use of copyrighted materials while ensuring authors and publishers receive fair compensation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Conlicencia: Online platform for obtaining copyright licenses for reproduction and use of copyrighted works
• Es de libro
• Escuela del Derecho de Autor
• Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad de la Cultura Escrita

Products and services

• Annual Copyright License (Licencia anual) Annual subscription license providing ongoing authorization for the reproduction (photocopying, digitizing, printing) and distribution of copyrighted works from CEDRO's repertoire for businesses, educational institutions, public institutions, and press users. Rates vary by user type and usage volume.
• Pay-per-use Copyright License (Licencia pago por uso) Transaction-based license for specific, non-recurring uses of copyrighted works, including photocopying with distribution, digital copy via email, intranet sharing, or internet publication. Rates based on type of use and number of accesses.
• Public Lending Rights Management (Gestión del préstamo público) Management of public lending rights, ensuring fair compensation for authors and publishers when their works are lent by public libraries, in accordance with Spanish Intellectual Property Law. 20% of this revenue is allocated to social assistance for authors.
• Private Copying Compensation (Gestión de copia privada) Administration of private copying compensation, collecting and distributing equitable remuneration to authors and publishers for private reproductions of their works, based on Spanish Intellectual Property Law. 20% of this revenue is allocated to social function activities.
• University Use Licensing (Usos universitarios) Management of copyright licensing for educational uses in universities and educational institutions, including digital copying and distribution of copyrighted materials within academic settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• €23.7M distributed to 32,927 authors and editors from 2025 collection
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Asociación Colegial de Escritores de Cataluña (ACEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on social function activities including legal advice services for authors. ACEC provides fiscal and legal advisory services to CEDRO members as part of the social function program.
• Asociación Colegial de Escritores de España (ACE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on social function activities. ACE provides legal and fiscal advisory services to writers as part of CEDRO's social function program.
• Asociación de Autores Científico-Técnicos y Académicos (ACTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for intellectual property advisory services. ACTA provides advisory services on intellectual property matters to CEDRO members.
• Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (FGEE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the main federation of Spanish publishers for joint initiatives supporting the publishing sector and collective rights management.
• Asociación de Editores de Madrid (AEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for social function activities including legal, fiscal, and labor advisory services for publishers.
• ACE TraductorescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration providing legal advisory services specifically for translators as part of CEDRO's social function program.
• Ministerio de Cultura y DeporteflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner that authorized CEDRO's establishment in 1988 and continues to oversee its operations as the collective rights management entity for reproduction rights.
• Biblioteca Nacional de EspañacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 'Es de libro' program prize ceremony at the National Archaeological Museum, promoting copyright awareness among students.
• Comunidad de Madrid (Consejería de Cultura)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner supporting the 'Es de libro' educational program and other cultural initiatives, co-financing activities and providing institutional backing.
• MC MUTUALminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSubscribed to two CEDRO licenses for press content and book fragments, enabling authorized sharing with approximately 2,000 employees. Demonstrates corporate compliance with intellectual property law.
• International Reproduction Rights Organizations (56 agreements)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEDRO maintains 56 international agreements with collective rights management organizations worldwide, representing foreign authors' rights in Spain and Spanish authors' rights abroad.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• VG Wort: Germany's collecting society managing reproduction and other secondary rights for authors and publishers — comparable business model, repertoire scale, and educational/cultural mandate to CEDRO, with strong German market monopoly equivalent to CEDRO's Spanish one.
• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC): The U.S. Reproduction Rights Organization (RRO) — directly comparable to CEDRO as a collective licensing body that grants reproduction rights licenses to businesses, universities, and document delivery services for copyrighted text content.
• Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA): The UK and Ireland's RRO — operates the same reproduction-rights collective licensing model as CEDRO, serving educational institutions, businesses, and public sector bodies with annual and transactional licenses for books, journals, and magazines.
• ProLitteris: Swiss cooperative for visual and literary rights — manages reproduction and other secondary rights for authors and publishers in Switzerland, directly comparable in scope and collective administration model to CEDRO's mandate.
• Access Copyright: Canada's reproduction rights organization — operates collective licensing for photocopying, digital reproduction, and course-pack use, serving the same author/publisher rights holder community as CEDRO across a single national market.
• Kopiosto: Finland's copyright organization for authors and publishers — handles collective licensing of reproduction rights for printed and digital works across educational and business users, mirroring CEDRO's collective management function in a single national market.
• Kopinor: Norway's reproduction rights organization — collective licensing of copyrighted text reproduction for educational, business, and public-sector use, with the same rights-holder representation model as CEDRO.
• Copyswede: Sweden's reproduction rights organization for authors, publishers, and visual artists — comparable in single-market collective licensing mandate and rights-holder representation to CEDRO.

Regional players

• SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores): Spain's main collective rights management society — operates in the same Spanish market as CEDRO but for music and dramatic performance rights rather than text reproduction. Comparable as a Spanish EGDPI peer with the same regulatory framework and overlapping member base of authors and publishers.

Broad incumbents

• CEDRO's International Reproduction Rights Partners (IFRRO member network): IFRRO (International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations) is the global umbrella for organizations like CEDRO — broadly comparable as the international coordinating body through which CEDRO's 56 reciprocal agreements operate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cedroenlinea
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CEDROvideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/cedrocomunicacion
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedro

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Cedroa