Our organisation

Copydan Writing is owned by the authors, writers and publishers of texts and sheet music. Our board consists of 14 Danish publishers’ organisations, authors’ organisations, journalists’ unions, illustrators and music organisations.

Our organisation is structured in a way that ensures influence and transparency for our member organisations.

  1. The general assembly elects a board of directors from among representatives nominated by our member organisations.
  2. The board consists of representatives from each of our 14 member organisations. The board concludes our remuneration models, copying agreements and administration practice.
  3. The administration is led by a managing director who is employed by the board.

Our statutes provide the framework for our management of text and sheet music rights.

Our organisational structure reflects both influence and transparency.

Our board

Our board consists of Danish publishers’ organisations, authors’ organisations, journalists’ unions, illustrators and music organisations; a total of nine authors’ and practitioners’ organisations and five publishing houses’ and publishers’ organisations.

Chair of the board

Cliff Hansen, elected for the board on behalf of the Danish Publishers (Danske Forlag) and publishing director of L&R Uddannelse.

Deputy Chair

Morten Rosenmeier, chairman of Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne) and professor in copyright at the University of Copenhagen.

Authors

OrganisationMember of the Board
Danish Authors’ Society
(Dansk Forfatterforening)
Morten Visby
Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
(Akademikerne)
Morten Rosenmeier
Danish Songwriters Guild 
(Danske Populær Autorer (DPA)
Tobias Stenkjær
Autor / Danish composers and songwriters
(Autor / Komponister og Sangskrivere)
Andreas Hemmeth
The Danish Composers’ Society
(Dansk Komponistforening)
Toke Brorson Odin
The Danish Fiction Writers’ Organisation
(Danske skønlitterære Forfattere (DsF)
Claus Ankersen
The Danish Union of Journalists
(Dansk Journalistforbund)
Christian Dølpher
The Danish Writers Guild
(Danske Dramatikere)
Christina Bergholdt Knudsen
VISDA
(VISDA)
Lars Lindskov

Publishers

OrganisationMember of the Board
Danish Publishers
(Danske Forlag)
Cliff Hansen
Educational Publishers Association
(Brancheforeningen for Undervisningsmidler)
Thomas Wilckens
The Association of Danish Media 
(Danske Medier)
Stig Ørskov
The Danish Music Publishers’ Association 
(Musikforlæggerne i Danmark)
Søren Bechmann
The University Presses in Denmark
(Foreningen Universitetsforlagene i Danmark)
Martin Lindø Westergaard

Administration management

  • Anders Kristian Rasch, Managing Director
  • Stefan Eland Kristensen, Deputy Director & Head of IT
  • Vibeke Andersen, Head of Research & Documentation
  • Rikke Gerlings, Head of Settlements
  • Martin Kyst, Head of Legal Affairs & Communication