30 Apr 2025

All Music Copyrights administered by COMPASS are fully backed by law. We maintain the Deeds of Assignment indicating the transfer of Copyrights from our members (Composers, Authors and Music Publishers) to COMPASS. We also have Reciprocal Representation Agreements with international Affiliated Societies, granting the exclusive right to license their repertoire in Singapore to COMPASS. You may submit a written request to view the necessary and relevant documents at our office at a mutually convenient time. These documents have also been presented in the Copyright Tribunal and the Courts on numerous occasions in civil and criminal suits against those who infringe Copyrights. In fact, many government departments, which are extremely cautious in monetary matters, are also paying royalties to COMPASS.

COMPASS is also proud to be a licensed Collective Management Organisation under the Class Licensing Scheme (CLS) by the Ministry of Law and our Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). More information is available at the IPOS website https://www.ipos.gov.sg/about-ip/copyright/copyright-owners/collective-management-organisations.

In line with the CLS, we publish a list of our affiliated societies and COMPASS’s members on our website at https://www.compass.org.sg/about-us/ . In addition, we offer a blanket licence along with an indemnity against copyright infringement actions and proceedings attributable to the licensee’s use of COMPASS’s repertoire under the terms of the licence agreement.