Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago
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The Copyright Music Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) is a non-profit
association representing people in the music industry of Trinidad and Tobago
. COTT was incorporated in 1984 and began operating in 1985.
Before COTT was established its current role was carried out by the United Kingdom's
Performing Right Society
.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
association representing people in the music industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
. COTT was incorporated in 1984 and began operating in 1985.
Before COTT was established its current role was carried out by the United Kingdom's
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Performing Right Society
Performing Right Society
PRS for Music is a UK copyright collection society undertaking collective rights management for musical works. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 as the MCPS-PRS Alliance, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and Performing Right Society...
.