India's neighbouring rights society PPL India has been granted registration as a Copyright Society under the Copyright Act, 1957 by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and has been permitted to operate as a licensing and collecting for the use of sound recordings on behalf of labels and performers.

PPL India's Certificate of Registration

The Certificate of Registration was signed in New Delhi on June 11, 2026 by the Registrar of Copyrights Unnat P. Pandit. With its certificate, PPL India ...

Victor Finn, the Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), has announced plans to retire from his role in 2027 after almost two decades in the job, marking the beginning of a planned leadership transition. The IMRO Board has initiated a formal succession process, with executive search firm Board Works charged with selecting the organisation's next CEO. Finn said: “With the Board's recent approval of our five-year strategic plan, and to ensure a smooth and orderly tr...

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has unveiled AVR+, a new machine-readable technical format designed to enhance the accuracy of the sharing and processing of music data across the global audiovisual industry. CISAC said the new format will ensure that creators are "more accurately identified and fairly paid" and marks "a major step toward more consistent and interoperable metadata exchange across the audiovisual value chain." AVR+ is based on the Glob...