Music
www.musicindie.org
AIM (Association of Independent Music)
Represents the interests of independent record companies and
distributors
www.aprs.co.uk
APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services)
Represents the interests of recording studios and sound recording
professionals
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council
The national body for the arts in England. The Arts Council
distributes public money from government and the National
Lottery
www.ascap.com
ASCAP(American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
An American equivalent of PRS
www.bmi.com
BMI (Broadcast Music Inc)
An American equivalent of PRS
www.bmr.org
BMR (British Music Rights)
Represents the interests of UK composers, songwriters and music
publishers
www.brits.co.uk
Brit Awards
The annual BPI backed UK Awards ceremony
www.bpi.co.uk
(British Phonographic Industry)
Represents the interests of UK record companies
www.crca.co.uk
CRCA (Commercial Radio Companies Association)
Represents the interests of commercial radio stations in the
UK
www.culture.gov.uk
DCMS
UK government Department for Culture, Media and Sport
www.eraltd.org
Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)
Represents the retail and wholesale sections of the UK music
industry
www.nmpa.org
Harry Fox Agency
US mechanical rights collection society
www.iael.org
IAEL
Worldwide association of entertainment and media lawyers and
business affairs executives.
www.ifpi.org
IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)
Represents the international interests of record
companies
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
Intellectual Property
UK government backed information resource concerning intellectual
property
www.inthecity.co.uk
In The City
Annual UK music business convention
www.mcps.co.uk
MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society)
UK mechanical rights collection society
www.midem.com
Midem
Annual international music industry convention held in
Cannes
Industry Organisations & other
useful links
www.ukmmf.net
MMF (Music Managers Forum)
Represents the interests of UK artist managers
www.mpaonline.org.uk
MPA (Music Publishers Association)
Represents the interests of music publishers
www.mpg.org.uk
MPG (Music Producers Guild)
Represents the interests of individuals in the music production and
recording professions
www.musiciansunion.org.uk
Mu (Musicians Union)
Represents the interests of musicians.
www.dotmusic.com
Music Week
Weekly UK music industry magazine
www.bl.uk
National Sound Archive
British Library sound archive with a catalogue of almost 2.5
million recordings
www.nmpa.org
NMPA National Music Publishers Association Represents the interests
of US Publishers
www.ppluk.com
PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd)
Collection society operating on behalf of UK record companies.
Issues licences for broadcast and public performance of sound
recordings
www.prs.co.uk
PRS (Performing Right Society)
Collection society operating on behalf of UK music publishers and
composers. PRS issues licences for public broadcast and performance
of musical works
www.riaa.com
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
Represents the interests of US record companies
www.wipo.org
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation)
UN organisation set up to promote and protect intellectual property
worldwide
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