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.
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| Official site | https://www4.ecad.org.br/ ↗ |
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| Geography | Brazil |
| legal status | private nonprofit central office |
| business model | collective rights administration |
| customer types | music rightsholders; music users |
| organization role | central collective-management body |
| material ai music connection | Its associations introduced generative-AI disclosure fields for works and recordings and participate in AI/copyright policy activity. |
Current
| administers (by) | União Brasileira de Compositores |
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| administers (by) | Associação Brasileira de Música e Artes |
| administers (by) | Associação de Músicos, Arranjadores e Regentes |
| administers (by) | Associação de Intérpretes e Músicos |
| administers (by) | Sociedade Brasileira de Autores, Compositores e Escritores de Música |
| administers (by) | Sociedade Independente de Compositores e Autores Musicais |
| administers (by) | Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Proteção de Direitos Intelectuais |
| defendant in | Spitz Park v ECAD AI-music royalty interlocutory appeal |
| issued by (by) | Collective Music Management AI Manifesto |
| issued by (by) | Brazilian rights-holder notice to technology companies |
| administering member association of (by) | União Brasileira de Compositores |
| administering member association of (by) | Associação Brasileira de Música e Artes |
| co signed ai rights notice with | União Brasileira de Compositores |
| issues | ECAD Generative-AI Music Registration Fields |
| issues | ECAD 2026 AI Public-Performance Collection Rule |
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