We are Copydan Writing

We conclude copying agreements and ensure payment to authors, journalists, illustrators, publishers and composers when their work is copied and used for educational and business purposes.

Our business

We manage the rights of those who write and publish texts and sheet music. We help make it possible to use and copy all sorts of texts and sheet music in classrooms, in institutions and in offices all over Denmark. We are non-profit and distribute remuneration individually to the rightsholders.

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.

The legal basis

Copydan Writing concludes copying agreements for text and sheet music based on the extended collective licensing system. We are approved by the Danish Ministry of Culture as a collective mangement organisation (CMO).

By the rightsholders, for the rightsholders

International outlook

We work closely with other CMOs from all over the world to ensure payment when Danish texts and sheet music are used and copied abroad – and vice versa. This work is centered around our membership in the organisation IFRRO.

Statutes, policies & reports

How to reach us