Nordisk Copyright Bureau

The Nordic Copyright Bureau (NCB) is an organization that manages the rights of affiliated Nordic and Baltic composers, lyricists and producers in connection with the production and production of, for example, CDs. The organization's head office is located in Copenhagen and is owned by the copyright organizations KODA in Denmark), STEF in Iceland, STIM in Sweden, TEOSTO in Finland and TONO in Norway. A Swedish author is automatically connected to NCB when he / she joins STIM. Through agreements with corresponding organizations, NCB also receives income from other countries. NCB's permission is always required for the production of pressed music CDs in the Nordic countries, even if the music to be printed, for example, is not connected or is free or whether the author himself has to press his own music. special permission from NCB. NCB requires that the author print a text corresponding to "ALLA RÄTTIGHETER RESERVERAS/ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" on the disc, which makes it problematic for an affiliated author to print a CD that is wholly or partly under a Creative Commons license, or other copyleft license, (where the equivalent is "Some rights reserved"). On records the following verions can be seen: ncb, NCB, n©b, N©B