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Participating publishers will get to test Sureel’s capabilities using select repertoire in a secure, closed environment, evaluating how they can detect when their work has been used to train AI models, how that use is measured, and how this attribution data can support fair compensation for songwriters and publishers.

The declaration is the first flagship milestone of the Culture Compass for Europe. It formally recognises culture as central to Europe's democracy, identity, creativity and resilience. Furthermore, it signals the support of the three institutions towards key principles for cultural policies in Europe, including freedom of artistic expression, cultural rights, and fair working conditions for artists and cultural professionals – amongst others.

Independent music publishers from around the world gathered in Berlin last week for IMPF’s Spring Assemblies and a Trade Mission led by leading executives from across the German music industry.

Report also confirms that the collective global market share of the independent music publishing community held firm at 26.3% in 2024, meaning the sector remains larger than any individual major.

Generative AI is rewriting the rules of the music ecosystem, at speed and scale we have never seen before. For independent publishers and the songwriters and composers they represent, this shift brings both opportunity and profound risk.

IMPF started the Friends and Supporters programme in 2021 to offer those who wish to support the independent music publishing community worldwide the chance to do so.

IMPF started the Friends and Supporters programme in 2021 to offer those who wish to support the independent music publishing community worldwide the chance to do so.

GEMA represents the copyrights of around 95,000 members in Germany, including composers, lyricists and music publishers, as well as over 2 million rights-holders from all over the world. It is one of the world's largest authors' societies for musical works.

UBC was founded in 1942, serving composers, publishers, performers, musicians and labels. The organisation collects and distributes royalties on behalf of a vast domestic and international repertoire in Brazil.

Founded in 1851, Sacem is a private, non-profit society owned by its members, that maximises revenues and service for creators and publishers.

IMPF has received a second substantial grant from the European Union as part of the Creative Europe Programme, which will further fund new projects designed to support IMPF’s members across Europe, as well as benefitting independent music publishers more widely around the world.

Orfium is a global technology company that offers industry-leading metadata management software and music reporting solutions to creators, music rightsholders, and major broadcasters to streamline the monetization of music and solve the entertainment industry’s biggest challenges around digital music and broadcast rights management.

"TikTok must engage with and establish a licensing agreement with Merlin if it wishes to use the music of Merlin's members on its platform."

Established in 1973, MPAJ is the sole body representing music publishing businesses in Japan.

A public policy professional with nearly 20 years’ experience in developing advocacy strategies and influencing legislative agendas, with a focus on intellectual property, media and digital policy, Nicole Schulze has worked with the creative sector in various capacities, including as Director at AEPO-ARTIS, and most recently as IP Policy Lead for Europe at Meta.

Founded in 1939, BMI is currently the largest music rights management organisation in the US, acting as the bridge between songwriters and the businesses that want to play their music publicly. 

SOCAN is a collective management organisation in Canada representing both the performing and reproduction right. More than 185,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers are its direct members, and more than 100,000 organisations are licensed to play music across Canada.

The IMPF has today elected new members to its Board at the organisation’s 2024 General Assemblies in Dublin.

IMPF has launched the fourth edition of the Global Market View for Independent Music Publishing.

ESNS and Soundcharts proudly announce EMERGE, a ground-breaking AI project for the European music industry. The project was publicly announced today at the annual music conference and showcase festival ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), the platform for emerging European music talent.

Abramus is a multi-repertoire CMO that has been operating in Brazil for more than 40 years. It is the largest copyright management company in Brazil, with more than 130,000 members from the territory.

"IMPF welcomes this groundbreaking agreement and looks forward to working with the legislators on the technical details to ensure that the copyright and transparency obligations are adequately and fully addressed in the final legislation..."

IMPF (Independent Music Publishers International Forum), which represents 200 of the world’s leading independent music publishing companies, have today proposed a set of ethical guidelines for the development and use of generative AI as it pertains to the music industry.

Built by music royalties specialists, Curve’s platform is a powerful and complete solution for managing rights and calculating royalties related to both publishing and recorded rights.

IMPF has partnered with Earth Percent during this year’s Global Music Entrepreneurial and Creative Industry Summit Songwriting Camp to produce a number of  original songs that will see 50% of resultant publishing revenues being donated to the charity.

AMRA takes a global, direct approach to digital licensing, collection, and administration, driven by the KTech rights management platform, which provides a streamlined model allowing AMRA to increase efficiencies.

NexTone is the only private-sector company in the music copyright administration business in Japan.

Music royalty software provider Backbeat Solutions has joined the Independent Music Publishers International Forum’s (IMPF) Friends and Supporters category.

The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and SX Works have joined Independent Music Publishers International Forum’s (IMPF) Friends and Supporters category.

The IMPF has release the following statement on the UK Intellectual Property Office's recently published 'Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata.

IMPF, representing independent music publishers internationally, has launched the third edition of its Independent Music Publishing Global Market View.

IMPF celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, with a series of occasions planned throughout 2023 to mark the milestone.

Vistex solutions help businesses take control of their mission-critical processes. The company’s enterprise software provides a high-volume, easily configured solution poised for traditional, current and future music business trends. Contracts, metadata and all royalty activity are captured in a single system, which is used for registration, licensing, sales, royalty reporting, analytics and more. This enables music companies to manage all aspects of their industry in a single solution.

ICE is a music technology company created by rightsholders, for rightsholders. It is a joint venture between PRS, STIM and GEMA, and actively encourages collaboration between other CMOs, music publishers and digital service providers to ensure composers and songwriters are compensated accurately and fairly for the use of their works internationally.

IMPF condemns in the strongest possible terms Meta’s decision to exclude The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers’ (SIAE) repertoire from its platforms. The move is nothing short of a bullying tactic used to force SIAE to accept a one-sided proposal that disregards any reasonable, shared evaluation of the value of music.

IMPF has formed a partnership with Music Publishers Canada to host an in-person co-writing camp promoting publisher and songwriter collaboration between Canada and the Nordic territories.

IMPF successfully hosted a first of its kind music business summit and writing camp for creators and publishers this week, bringing together the independent music publishing community and the wider industry from around the world.

IMPF welcomes the election of publishing representatives to the Board and Audit Committee of the Polish Society of Authors and Composers (ZAiKS) after 20-years of campaigning.

IMPF is delighted to announce a brand-new annual music business conference and writing camp that will bring together music publishers and the wider industry from around the world.

IMPF welcomes the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the long-awaited decision brought about by Poland’s challenge to Article 17 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

Full Statement of IMPF on Ukraine; calls on all those within the music and licensing industry to immediately sever economic, business, political and socio-cultural ties with all Russian counterparts, members, companies, affiliates, and organisations.

IMPF has received a substantial grant from the European Union as part of the Creative Europe Programme, which will fund a new project designed to support IMPF’s members across Europe, as well as benefitting independent music publishers more widely around the world.

The International Music Publishers Forum (IMPF) has launched its second Independent Publishing Market View, which dissects the value of the independent music publishing industry, as well as the sector’s influence on the modern music ecosystem and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IMPF has backed the Credits Due campaign and pledges to actively promote the initiative among its global membership of some 100 independent music publishers.

IMPF is very pleased to confirm that music publishers will now be included in the membership of the Polish Society of Authors and Composers – ZAiKS.

IMPF has launched a new ‘Friends and Supporters’ category for companies wishing to work with independent music publishers – with LyricFind and Musixmatch the first to join.

IMPF and IMPEL are set to jointly publish a Digital Licensing Handbook, which will be available exclusively for the independent publisher members of the two organisations.

IMPEL Collective Management (IMPEL) and the Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) have agreed a ground-breaking Charter of Co-operation to share experiences and best practices in the digital music marketplace. Their shared goal is to drive streamlining and innovation in digital licensing, as well as increased choice, flexibility, and transparency for independent publishers and their songwriters.

IMPF President Annette Barrett has been named on Billboard’s 2021 International Power Players list alongside a number of high-profile IMPF members.

IMPF President Annette Barrett said: “IMPF has sought, since its inception, to reflect the broad diversity and values of the global independent music publishing sector."

Founded in 1926, Meisel Musikverlage has negotiated every evolution that has led to the modern music industry as we know it today. Here, we speak to the company's current MD Kirsten Meisel about adaptability, longevity and serving songwriters and composers across changing landscapes...

This year marks individual milestones for both Music Asset Management and Red Brick Songs - and a shared anniversary for the highly respected executives behind the two companies. Here, we speak to Mary Jo Menella and Jennifer Mitchell about working together for two and a half decades, how their respective businesses have evolved, and why relationships are still at the centre of the independent music publishing sector's success...

Top executives from across the German music market offered insights and expertise to IMPF delegates gathered in Berlin for the organisation's 2026 Spring Assemblies and connected Trade Mission...

IMPF held its first Annual Event at the recently launched Brussels Music House (BMH) on February 26, bringing together voices from across Europe’s music ecosystem for a high-level sector-wide conversation in the Belgian capital...

Independent music publishers from around the globe gathered in Palma for IMPF's second Music Summit in October. The stand off between the music industry and AI tech developers dominated conversation. Here's the full report from the conference...

Hundreds of executives from independent publishers around the world gathered with the wider biz for IMPF's first ever industry Summit and songwriting camp in Palma, Mallorca in October. Better data and more complete royalty distribution were among the conference's big talking points...

IMPF Company of the Month

IMPF Company of the month

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Celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2021, MAM is a leading global independent music publishing and consulting company founded in 2006 by industry veteran Mary Jo Mennella, one of the most well-known and respected rights administration and licensing experts in the industry. Music Asset Management joined IMPF in 2020 and Mary Jo Mennella is a sitting member of the IMPF Board of Directors.

Broad Group of right holders in Europe’s creative sector express concerns to German MPs on the implementation of DSM Copyright Directive

All Stars Music is founded in 2016, by Mine Aksoy, the pioneer of music publishing in Turkey with more than 25 years of experience, and Yasemen Yazıcıoğlu Korukçu, Senior Advisor of the Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey for Spain and Holland. Mine Aksoy has been one of the founders and former General Secretary of Turkish Collecting Society- MSG and also among the founding partners of Universal Music Taxim Edition.”