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Bureau Ivoirien du Droit d’Auteur

Cote d'Ivoire's national collective management organisation for copyright, in Abidjan.

Based in
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Founded
1981

The Bureau Ivoirien du Droit d’Auteur (BURIDA) is the collective management organisation for copyright and neighbouring rights in Cote d’Ivoire, based in Abidjan. It was created in 1981 and operates under the country’s copyright law.

BURIDA registers works, licenses the public use of music and other protected content, and collects and distributes royalties to authors, composers, performers and publishers. It is the national copyright body in one of Francophone West Africa’s larger music markets.

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