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British Music Industry Organisations
Association of Independent Music - (AIM) www.musicindie.com
An industry trade body set up in 1999 to represent, promote and protect the interests of independent record companies.
British Association of Record Dealers (BARD) or The Entertainment Retailers Association – (ERA) www.bardltd.org
A UK trade organisation formed specifically to act and represent the interests of music retailers.
British Phonographic Industry - (BPI) www.bpi.co.uk
A trade body that help represent the interests of British record companies.
The Official UK Charts Company www.officialcharts.com.
This organisation administrates and markets the ‘official’ music industry charts as used by the BBC and ‘Music Week’.
International Federation Phonographic Industry (IFPI) www.ifpi.org
The IFPI is the international federation of the music industry, who are particularly interested in copyright issues.
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) www.mcps.co.uk.
An organisation that represents composers and publishers for the recording of their music.
Musicians’ Union www.musiciansunion.org.uk
An organisation that protects the rights of musicians.
Performing Right Society (PRS) www.prs.co.uk
The Performing Right Society collects license fees from the copyright of recorded music from users and distributes royalties to composers and publishers.
Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) www.ppluk.com
This is a collection society that deals with the copyright of the song and issues licences to anyone who plays recordings of songs and distributes royalties to copyright holders.
