Private company
Cultural Commons Collecting Society
Logo: c3s, Unknown Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
European cooperative music licensor
The Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH (C3S) is a European Cooperative Society which aims to create a Collecting Society for music. The project is currently coordinated and operated by OpenMusicContest.org, a Düsseldorf-based association which considered it necessary to create a Collecting Society that would compete with GEMA which currently holds a monopoly on music licensing.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersDüsseldorf1
- Websitewww.c3s.cc
- Legal formEuropean Cooperative Society1
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The Cultural Commons Collecting Society SCE mbH (C3S) is a European Cooperative Society which aims to create a Collecting Society for music. The project is currently coordinated and operated by OpenMusicContest.org, a Düsseldorf-based association which considered it necessary to create a Collecting Society that would compete with GEMA which currently holds a monopoly on music licensing.2
Timeline
- Sep 25, 2013Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.c3s.cc1
- X (Twitter)x.com/c3s1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/c3s.cc1
- WikipediaCultural Commons Collecting Society
- WikidataQ15058249
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