Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) are organizations that collect license fees from businesses that use music (TV, radio, elevators, sports stadiums, stores and restaurants) and distribute those fees (less an administrative charge) to songwriters, composers and music publishers.
In the United States the three largest PROs are;
- BMI - Broadcast Music Inc. – www.bmi.com
- ASCAP – American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers – www.ascap.org
- SESAC – Society of European Stage Authors & Composers – www.sesac.com