Suisa

“Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Rechte der Urheber musikalischer Werke” (SUISA) is the Swiss collecting society for Swiss songwriters, composers and music publishers. Established in 1941 as a followup of Gesellschaft für Aufführungsrechte (GEFA, founded 1924); in 1980 merged with Mechanlizenz (ML, founded 1923). Note: to be catalogued as a company only if literally credited e.g. with a copyright sign © or with a “published by” credit. For any generic rights society credit, please use the unlinked “Rights Society” field. See also: Suisa Disc (label) Fondation SUISA (promoter)