Kobalt has become the first international publisher to sign with The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) since its re-induction into the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in 2016.
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MOODAGENT LAUNCHES IN INDIA TO REDEFINE THE MUSIC STREAMING EXPERIENCE
The international music streaming app Moodagent launches in India with the promise of a dynamic and intuitive personalised listening experience. Founded by music enthusiasts Peter Berg Steffensen and Mikael Henderson, this app creates a new benchmark in music discovery giving artists access to a new fan base while allowing individuals to discover new songs and artists beyond their typical playlists.
10 LESSONS FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ON HOW TO RISE UP IN THE GIG ECONOMY
1. Authenticity is everything. The common bond between both music and the gig economy is pursuing your purpose so that nothing else competes for or compromises your calling.
2. Build out your portfolio. In the gig economy, your portfolio of work is your calling card and should be continuously refined.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/07/30/10-lessons-from-the-music-industry-on-how-to-rise-up-in-the-gig-economy/?sh=af1799d297e4
MUSERK ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIAN PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY LIMITED (“IPRS”)
IPRS Signs with the Leading Digital Rights Management Platform, Muserk, to collect online Mechanical and Performing Rights.
Muserk, the technology-driven global music rights administrator, has partnered with The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS), the country’s leading and fastest growing copyright society in the world.
This partnership follows a major deal Muserk recently announced with JASRAC, (The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), Japan’s largest musical copyright administration society for Muserk to collect JASRAC’s U.S.-based mechanical rights for all digital platforms in the US.
The multiyear deal sees IPRS benefitting from Muserk’s “The MLC services” for online as well as offline mechanicals in the United States. Moreover, Muserk will collect for IPRS’ mechanical and Performing rights from Apple Music in Russia (FSU),
“It has been a very constructive process striking this deal with IPRS”, says Partner – Head of Global Business Development, Hans Peter Roth. “It is obvious that the organization has a focus on optimizing their members’ international collections, and we are thus thrilled that IPRS has partnered with Muserk so that our proprietary platform, Blue Matter™, can ensure all their members’ works are tracked, matched and ultimately swiftly and correctly compensated for.”
“Music plays an important role in our culture, and we are determined that the songwriters, composers and all the rights holders receive what is due to them,” said Rakesh Nigam, CEO IPRS. “We are happy to be working with Muserk as they have proved to be the leader in both the industry and the Southeast Asian region. We know our members are in good hands.”
About Muserk :
Muserk is a leader in global rights management for music, video and spoken-word content, having modernized the most complicated and outdated systems in the music industry, copyrights and rights management, with their patented Blue Matter™ AI and Machine Learning technologies that protect, match and monetize content for all rights holders around the world, across all media formats. Muserk processes tens of millions of lines of data in minutes, effectively replacing the need for large teams that most global rights companies engage. Their average match rate is up to 25% above the industry norm. In short, Muserk finds and gets people paid all the royalty money they’ve earned.
About IPRS :
IPRS is India’s only Copyright Society registered under the Copyright Act, 1957, and counts more than 7,000 of India’s best-known authors, composers, and music publishers as its members. IPRS is authorized under the Copyright Act, 1957 to carry on the business of granting and issuing licenses in respect of musical works and literary works associated with musical works assigned to it by its members as well as collect and distribute the royalties to its members including the authors’ statutory royalties, for the exploitation of these works either by way of live performances and/or recorded music through any medium except when exhibited as a part of a cinematograph film shown in a cinema hall.
