Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição

organization·collective management central body·active·also: ECAD, Ecad

Brazil's central body for collection and distribution of public-performance music royalties, administered by seven collective-management associations.

Recorded facts

Official sitehttps://www4.ecad.org.br/
GeographyBrazil
legal statusprivate nonprofit central office
business modelcollective rights administration
customer typesmusic rightsholders; music users
organization rolecentral collective-management body
material ai music connectionIts associations introduced generative-AI disclosure fields for works and recordings and participate in AI/copyright policy activity.

Current

administers (by)União Brasileira de CompositoresSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Associação Brasileira de Música e ArtesSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Associação de Músicos, Arranjadores e RegentesSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Associação de Intérpretes e MúsicosSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Sociedade Brasileira de Autores, Compositores e Escritores de MúsicaSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Sociedade Independente de Compositores e Autores MusicaisSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administers (by)Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Proteção de Direitos IntelectuaisSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
defendant inSpitz Park v ECAD AI-music royalty interlocutory appealSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
issued by (by)Collective Music Management AI ManifestoSource 1 PARTY CLAIM high confidence
issued by (by)Brazilian rights-holder notice to technology companiesSource 1 PARTY CLAIM high confidence
administering member association of (by)União Brasileira de CompositoresSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
administering member association of (by)Associação Brasileira de Música e ArtesSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
co signed ai rights notice withUnião Brasileira de CompositoresSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
issuesECAD Generative-AI Music Registration FieldsSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence
issuesECAD 2026 AI Public-Performance Collection RuleSource 1 VERIFIED high confidence

Sources & changes

Checked 10d ago · highhow verification works
  • Status unknown → active
  • Official URL unknown → www4.ecad.org.br
  • Record maintenance · 12 fields updated

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