Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society (ASD estab lished by the Australian screen Directors Association (ASDA) to collect royalty television directors from "second use (blank videotapes of broadcasts, and video rental) of rights under legislation in some European countries; Australian copyright law doesn't rights to be protected; in Europe, the director is the author and first copyright owner of film and television programs Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society Ltd (AWGACS) distributes statutory authorship monies collected by European societies for Aus tralian and NZ scriptwriters of film and television