We have 43,000 members who include:
- writers (such as education and academic writers, fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights and journalists)
- visual artists (such as painters, sculptors, illustrators, photographers, cartoonists)
- publishers (such as education, scholarly, media and trade publishers)
- surveying firms
- beneficiaries of writers and artists
- agents for artists (including Indigenous art centres), writers and publishers
- copyright management organisations in other countries, with which we have reciprocal arrangements
Find out about some of our members here.
Members are eligible to receive payments from the copyright fees that we collect from the education, government and business sectors (including artwork licences), and from our overseas affiliates.
Our deductions from copyright fees
We are a not-for-profit organisation. We deduct our operating costs from the copyright fees that we collect. We also deduct up to 1.5% of the copyright fees for our Cultural Fund.
Interested in joining?
See here for more information and here to join.
Questions?
See the FAQs in our Help Centre including for:
October 2026
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