No. You can also distribute your songs at feiyr.com without being a member of a collective management organisation.
Worldwide collecting societies are for example:
- GEMA (Germany)
- PRS for Music (United Kingdom)
- ASCAP (USA)
- BMI (USA)
- SACEM (France)
- SOCAN (Canada)
- JASRAC (Japan)
- APRA (Australia)
- SGAE (Spain)
- SUISA (Switzerland)
- AKM (Austria)
- SIAE (Italy)
- KODA (Denmark)
- STIM (Sweden)
- SACD (France)
- SAMI (Norway)
- SESAC (USA)
- BUMA (Netherlands)
- SONA (Ireland)
- SABAM (Belgium)
- SPPF (France)
- AGATA (Germany)
- RAO (Russia)
- ZAiKS (Poland)
- ACUM (Israel)
Please note that this is only a selection of collective management organisations and there are other important collective management organisations worldwide.