Public Performance Rights Providers
ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Covers nondramatic musical works.
BMI - Broadcast Music Incorporated. Covers nondramatic musical works.
Criterion Pictures USA, Inc. - "A supplier of rental and licensed non-theatrical feature entertainment movies
which are licensed for public performance in the United States."
Facets Multi-Media - Covers feature and documentary films.
Kino International Corp. - "Focused on the distribution of high-quality contemporary world cinema, American
independents, and documentaries - usually by up-and-coming directors."
Milestone Film & Video - "Our collection now ranges from the earliest days of the cinema, to the golden
age of the silents, to the postwar foreign film renaissance, to brand-new American independent features,
documentaries and foreign films."
Motion Picture Licensing Corp. (MPLC) - "An independent copyright licensing agency that provides
the Umbrella License® to ensure copyright compliance for the public performance of motion pictures."
New Yorker Films - "In addition to its theatrical premieres, New Yorker's strength is its ability to service
the nontheatrical market, catering to the specialized needs of film society and classroom venues."
SESAC - Formerly the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers. Covers nondramatic musical
works.
Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. - "The major non-theatrical movie distributor, online CE/CME education
distributor and public performance licensing agent in venues where feature movies are shown publicly."
Zeitgeist Films - Covers independent and international films.