COPYGHANA • RIGHTSHOLDER SERVICES
Your work has value.
Make sure it is represented.
Authors, publishers, photographers, visual artists and other creators produce works that are copied and shared every day.
CopyGhana helps administer reproduction rights entrusted to it by rightsholders, making it easier to manage the use of their works and facilitate royalty collection and distribution where applicable.
Your rights.
Your representation.Collective management for creators and publishers
WHO CAN JOIN
Built for the people behind the work.
Register relevant works and rights entrusted to CopyGhana for collective administration.
Authors & Creators
If you write books, articles, academic publications, educational materials or other literary works, you can register relevant works with CopyGhana.
Register as an author / creator →Publishers
Register publications and provide information about the rights you control, helping CopyGhana identify and manage works within its repertoire.
Register as a publisher →Visual Artists
Artists whose photographs, illustrations, drawings and other visual works appear in publications can register relevant works and rights.
Register visual works →Photographers
Registration helps ensure photographs reproduced in books, newspapers, magazines, websites, reports and other publications can be identified.
Register photographs →WHY REGISTER
Make your work easier to identify and manage.
Registration gives CopyGhana information it can use to administer the rights entrusted to it.
Put your works on the repertoire
Provide information that helps CopyGhana identify and manage works entrusted to it.
Help us identify the rightsholder
Accurate information makes it easier to connect usage with the appropriate rightsholder.
Support royalty administration
Where your works are covered by CopyGhana’s licensing and distribution arrangements, usage information can contribute to royalty administration and distribution.
Strengthen collective management
Entrusting relevant rights to a collective system can reduce the need to manage each instance of reproduction individually.
Reach uses beyond your immediate network
Through CopyGhana’s licensing activities and relationships with other reproduction rights organisations, works may be represented in broader arrangements, subject to entrusted rights and applicable agreements.
THE REGISTRATION JOURNEY
What happens when you register?
Share the information needed to identify you, your works and the rights you entrust.
Tell us about yourself
Provide your personal or organisational information.
Tell us about your works
Provide titles, publication details and other information needed to identify your works.
Tell us about your rights
Indicate the rights and works you are entrusting to CopyGhana for collective administration.
Provide supporting information
Where applicable, provide publication details, ownership information or supporting documentation.
Your works join the managed repertoire
The information you provide helps CopyGhana manage and identify works within the rights entrusted to it.
A NOTE ON SUPPORTING MATERIAL
Why might we ask for a copy of your work?
A digital or physical copy may help CopyGhana accurately identify a work, maintain its repertoire and match usage information to the appropriate publication or creator. The information you provide also supports the administration of rights and royalties.
READY TO REGISTER?
Choose the category that best describes you.
Start with the relevant form. You can also contact our team if you need help deciding.
Already registered? Access the Rightsholder Portal →
NEED A HAND?
We’re here to help.
If you’re unsure which category applies or what information you need, contact our rightsholder support team.