Bureau sénégalais du droit d’auteur

The Bureau sénégalais du droit d’auteur (BSDA) was Senegal’s public copyright office, created by Loi 72-40 du 26 mai 1972 and placed under the ministry responsible for culture. It licensed public performance and other uses of copyrighted works in Senegal and distributed royalties to Senegalese authors, composers and performers.

After a 2008 law called for its replacement by a rightsholder-controlled body, a 2015 implementing decree handed its functions to the Société sénégalaise du droit d’auteur et des droits voisins (SODAV), which has since served as Senegal’s collecting society. BSDA is defunct; it operated for 43 years before the handover.