Worldwide digital copyright collections rose 27,9% to EUR 6,57 billion in 2025, accounting for 42,4% of all collections for creators. The figures come from the 2026 Global Collections Report by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).
Total copyright collections rose 11,3% to a record EUR 15,5 billion in 2025. Other findings include:
- Public performance and background music collections grew 7,7% to EUR 3,87 billion. For the first time, the category surpassed TV and radio to become creators’ second-largest revenue source.
- Live music collections rose 14,9% to EUR 1,4 billion.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, total collections increased 9,8% to EUR 847 million, while digital collections rose 10,3% to EUR 360 million. Digital collections also grew in Europe, Canada and the United States, Asia-Pacific and Africa, though at different rates.
CISAC has called for copyrighted works used in the development of artificial intelligence to be protected and for creators to be paid. At its General Assembly in June 2026, it adopted the Paris Commitment, a declaration calling on governments, technology companies and cultural industries to recognize, protect and fairly compensate human creativity.
