Name

Copydan

Legal name

Copydan – Kunst, Viden & Underholdning

Website

https://copydan.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Copydan is a Danish collective rights management organization administering copyright licenses and royalties for TV, music, and film content across four member associations serving commercial businesses, educational institutions, private copying compensation, and DR archive licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Rights Management

NAICS

Music Publishers (51223), Music Publishers (512230)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Rights Representation & Sub-Publishing/Reciprocal Collection Services (MPAIAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD), Public Performance/Neighboring Rights for AV Uses (Cue Sheet & Reporting Services) (MPAIALAK), Royalty Accounting & Payment Services (Statements, Audits, Payee Management) (MPAIABAL), Neighboring Rights (Master Performance Rights) Administration (MPAIAAAH)

Keywords

• Copyright licensing services
• Collective rights management
• Royalty collection agency
• Media rights administration
• Private copying compensation

Headquarters

HQ city

Københoved

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Collective Rights Management: Copydan operates as a collective rights management organization that collects and distributes copyright compensation fees from businesses and institutions that use TV, music, and film content. The organization administers compensation for private copying on storage media, licenses archive content from DR, and manages rights for educational use of copyrighted materials.

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Distribution channels1 record

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Core offering

Copydan administers copyright licenses, levies, and royalties for text, images, and audiovisual works used in Danish commerce, education, and private copying. It operates as four independent rights management organizations: Copydan Verdenstv (commercial use of TV, music, film), Copydan Avumedier (educational/dissemination use of TV, music, film), Copydan Kulturplus (private copying compensation), and Copydan Arkiv (licensing of DR's archive programs). Copydan collectively represents creators and content producers to collect and distribute royalties nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Copydan Verdenstv: Rights management organization for businesses that use TV, music and film
• Copydan Avumedier
• Copydan Kulturplus
• Copydan Arkiv

Products and services

• Copydan Verdenstv Collective licensing scheme for Danish businesses and organizations that use television, music, and film in commercial settings such as retail, hospitality, workplaces, gyms, and public spaces. It administers copyright licenses and collects royalties on behalf of creators and content producers.
• Copydan Avumedier Collective licensing scheme for educational institutions, schools, universities, and libraries that use TV, music, and film for teaching and dissemination purposes. It administers copyright licenses and distributes royalties for educational use of audiovisual content in Denmark.
• Copydan Kulturplus Compensation scheme for private copying of copyrighted content. It collects statutory levies on storage media and recording devices and distributes compensation to creators and rights holders for private copying of their works.
• Copydan Arkiv Licensing scheme for programs from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) archive. It grants licenses to broadcasters, production companies, and other users who wish to access and reuse DR's archived television and radio programs.

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Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Broad incumbents

• SACEM: SACEM is France's largest collective rights organization, managing musical composition rights (and increasingly audiovisual rights) for French and international repertoire. It is a broad incumbent operating the same collective-rights-licensing business model as Copydan, but at substantially larger scale and across both music and audiovisual verticals.
• GEMA: GEMA is the German collective rights organization for music authors and publishers, administering rights for musical works used in Germany. It is a broad incumbent in the same collective-management space as Copydan's music component, though significantly larger in scale and repertoire.
• PRS for Music: PRS for Music is the UK-based collective rights organization for music composers, songwriters, and publishers, one of the world's largest CMOs by repertoire. It shares Copydan's collective-rights-licensing model and royalty-distribution function, but at global scale and primarily focused on music rather than mixed TV/music/film content.
• BUMA/STEMRA: BUMA/STEMRA is the Dutch collective rights organization for music performance (BUMA) and mechanical reproduction (STEMRA) rights in the Netherlands. It mirrors Copydan's collective-management approach for music rights, though geographically focused on the Netherlands rather than Denmark.

Direct peers

• Gramex: Gramex is the Danish collective rights organization for performing musicians and phonogram producers, administering neighboring rights for recorded music used commercially in Denmark. It is a direct Danish peer to Copydan's music and neighboring-rights operations, operating the same collective-management model in the same domestic territory.
• Copyleft: Copyleft is a Danish visual arts rights organization administering reproduction rights for visual works (photographs, art, illustrations) used in Danish media. It is a direct domestic peer operating the same collective-management business model in Denmark, though in a different content vertical than Copydan's TV/music/film focus.
• KODA: KODA is the Danish collective rights organization for music creators (songwriters, composers, music publishers), administering musical performance and reproduction rights in Denmark. It is the most direct peer to Copydan given shared Danish territory, identical collective management model, and overlapping music-rights mandate, although KODA focuses specifically on music compositions while Copydan covers TV, music, and film more broadly.

Regional players

• STIM: STIM is the Swedish music rights organization administering performance and mechanical rights for songwriters and music publishers in Sweden. It is a direct music-rights counterpart to KODA, serving the adjacent Scandinavian market with the same collective-management model Copydan uses for its music components.
• Norwaco: Norwaco is the Norwegian collective rights organization coordinating rights for Norwegian broadcasters and content producers covering retransmission and cable retransmission rights. It shares Copydan's collective-management framework for audiovisual content licensing, but operates in Norway rather than Denmark.
• BONO: BONO is the Norwegian collective rights organization for audiovisual producers, administering rights for film and TV producers in Norway. It is the closest Scandinavian peer to Copydan Arkiv, sharing Nordic regulatory structure and audiovisual-rights mandate, but operating in Norway rather than Denmark.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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