With the birth of music trading over the Internet, a number of Performing Rights Organisations lobbied for the creation of a multi-national database through which…
In the era of the Internet, it is still difficult to obtain information about the ownership and control of musical rights and works. This can…
At the end of February, WIPO and its International Music Registry group (IMR) released a long-awaited “Study on the Role and Functions of the International…
This is the second in a series of articles tracking ongoing efforts worldwide to develop a single registry of songs. In our December cover piece,…
Considering the vast array of music services that were launched this year, including Amazon Cloud Drive, Spotify, and Google Music, it seems a new order…