A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Alliance Against IP Theft (AAIPT)
www.allianceagainstiptheft.co.uk
A coalition of British trade associations and industry enforcement organizations set up in 1999 to represent, protect and enforce IP rights. Provides co-ordination between lobby organisations and enforcement bodies from all industries affected by piracy (film, music, software, games, goods and brands).


All-Party Music Group (APMG)
A group of MPs and Lords with an interest in the music industry. APMG members are regularly invited to participate in activities outside of Parliament, to gain better firsthand understanding of how the UK music industry works and what challenges and opportunities it faces. British Music Rights jointly operates the secretariat function of the APMG with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
www.ascap.com
One of the American performing rights societies


Association of British Orchestras
www.abo.org.uk
The Association of British Orchestras is the national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras throughout the UK.


Association of Festival Organisers
www.afouk.org
Working for and with the Festival organisers, supporting live music, dance, song, arts, crafts and theatre.


Association of Independent Music (AIM)
www.musicindie.com
The Association of Independent Music is a non-profit-making trade organisation for independent record companies and distributors in the UK.

Association of Music Industry Accountants (AMIA)
Represents the music industry accounting profession.
Tel: 020 7535 1400
Fax: 020 7535 1401


Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS)
www.aprs.co.uk
Represents those involved with professional sound recording.

BIEM (International Bureau of Societies Administering the Recording & Mechanical Reproduction Rights)
www.biem.org/
BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) is the international organisation representing mechanical rights societies. Its purpose is to jointly assure an effective and efficient administration of rights.

BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated)
www.bmi.com
One of the American performing rights societies


British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (BAC&S)
www.britishacademy.com
Represents songwriters, media composers and classical composers.

British Copyright Council (BCC)
www.britishcopyright.org/
The British Copyright Council (BCC) was established in 1965 and is a national consultative and advisory body which represents those who create, or hold rights in, literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, and those who perform such works.

British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA)
www.blaca.org.uk
BLACA is the UK national group of the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI) founded in Paris in 1878 under the Presidency of Victor Hugo. Since its foundation in 1981 it has provided a forum for discussion of matters affecting the rights of authors and other copyright owners. Its members are mostly practising or academic lawyers and others interested in upholding the principles of copyright.

British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
www.bpi.co.uk
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has been representing the interests of British record companies for over a quarter of a century since being formally incorporated in 1973 when its principal aim was to fight the growing problem of music piracy. Organise annual Brit Awards.

British Video Association (BVA)
www.bva.org.uk
The trade body that represents the interests of publishers and rights owners of video home entertainment.

CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers)
www.cisac.org
CISAC (Confederation Internationale des societies d’auteurs et compositeurs) works towards increased recognition and protection of creators' rights. CISAC currently numbers 217 authors' societies from 114 countries and indirectly represents more than 2.5 million creators within all the artistic repertoires: music, drama, literature, audio-visual works, graphic and visual arts.

Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
www.cbi.org.uk
The Confederation of British Industry is one of the UK's leading independent employers' organisations.

Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
www.cla.co.uk
UK body licensing the photocopying of literary works – specifically books, journals and magazines.

Copyright Licensing in Schools 
www.licensing-copyright.org
A leaflet, available to download free, designed to help schools identify some of the main activities which need to be licensed and to direct them to the appropriate organisation for further advice and guidance.

CREATE
The CREATE group is the joint government and creative industries body that works strategically to promote copyright education in education and the world of work.

Creative & Cultural Skills
www.ccskills.org.uk/
The Sector Skills Council for advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, performing, literary and visual arts. It is an industry-led, campaigning organisation operating across the United Kingdom. Through better skills development, its aim is to secure world beating creative enterprise and more diverse cultural industries.

Creative Economy Programme
www.cep.culture.gov.uk/
The Creative Economy Programme was launched in November 2005, and is the first step in Governments desire to make the UK the worlds creative hub.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
www.culture.gov.uk
The UK Government department responsible for Government policy on the arts, sport and recreation, the National Lottery, libraries, museums and galleries, export licensing of cultural goods, broadcasting, film, press freedom and regulation, the built heritage, the royal estate and tourism.

Department for Education & Skills (DfES)
www.dfes.gov.uk/
The Department for Education and Skills was established with the purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all.

Department for Trade and Industry (DTI)
www.dti.gov.uk
The UK Government department responsible for the interests and promotion of competitiveness of UK industry.

Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
www.dacs.org.uk
DACS is the UK's copyright and collecting society for artists and visual creators. It exists to promote and protect the copyright and related rights of artists and visual creators.

Digital Content Forum (DCF)
www.dcf.org.uk
The Digital Content Forum (DCF) is a concentration of trade associations and representative organisations from digital and traditional media industries whose business interests lie in the creation and commercial exploitation of digital content.

Educational Recording Agency Ltd (ERA)
www.era.org.uk
Uniquely serving the UK educational sector, ERA is one of a range of collecting societies which help copyright owners and performers derive an income from the licensed use of their literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. On behalf of its Members ERA operates a Licensing Scheme for educational use of copyright material.

Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)
(formerly the British Association of Record Dealers)
www.eraltd.org
ERA represents retailers who sell entertainment products such as recorded music, DVD'S and games (multimedia).

EQUITY (British Actors Equity Association)
www.equity.org.uk/ The trade union representing performers and artists. Protects the rights of actors, directors, choreographers, stage management and designers.

European Music Copyright Alliance (EMCA)
www.emcaweb.net
Pan-European grouping of copyright organisations (collecting societies) which aims to raise awareness about copyright in schools across Europe. BMR is a Friend of EMCA.

European Music Office (EMO)
www.musicineurope.org/
The European Music Office is an international non-profit association bringing together international and national professional organisations, associations and federations from the music sector within Europe. It represents through its members and associates more than 600,000 people from all music genres and sectors (authors, composers, performers, publishers, producers, managers; those involved in live music, education and training, etc.). It promotes the diversity and represents the interests of European music at European level and worldwide.

Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
www.fact-uk.org.uk/
FACT is the leading representative trade body that is committed to protecting the interests of the industry in the fight against pirate film and DVDs and the increasing threat from online piracy.

Federation Against Software Theft (FAST)
www.fast.org.uk
Represents the software industry to promote the legal use of software and defend members’ digital rights.

GESAC (European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers)
www.gesac.org
GESAC (Groupement Européen des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs) is a European economic interest grouping of 24 of the largest authors’ societies in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland. Represents nearly 500,000 authors or their successors in the areas of music, graphic and plastic arts, literary and dramatic works, and audiovisual as well as music publishers.

HM Treasury
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
The Treasury is the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry. It is responsible for formulating and implementing the Government's financial and economic policy. Its aim is to raise the rate of sustainable growth, and achieve rising prosperity and a better quality of life with economic and employment opportunities for all.

IFPI (International Federation of the Recording Industry)
www.ifpi.org
IFPI, based in London, represents the international recording industry. It co-ordinates international strategies on anti-piracy, enforcement, technology, lobbying of governments and representation in international organisations, legal strategies, litigation and public relations.

IMPALA (Independent Music Companies Association)
www.impalasite.org
Represents independent labels and publishers.
Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) www.ism.org
Professional association for performers, composers and teachers.

Intellectual Property Institute (IPI)
www.ip-institute.org.uk
Promotes awareness and understanding of intellectual property law. Members include major corporations, law firms, the Patent Office, individual legal professionals and students.

International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL)
www.iael.org
IAEL members are all lawyers, either in private practice or industry, whose areas of expertise cover nearly all aspects of entertainment law. The IAEL provides a specialist, international forum for the sharing of knowledge and experience of legal and commercial issues of interest and concern to its members.

International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP)
www.icmp-ciem.org
ICMP/CIEM’s constituent members are national, regional and international music publishers’ associations in the world. Through these associations, ICMP/CIEM represents music publishing globally.

Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)
www.imro.ie
IMRO is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members - songwriters, composers and music publishers - and on behalf of the members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. IMRO’s function is to collect and distribute royalties arising from the public performance of copyright works.

Making Music
www.makingmusic.org.uk
Making Music represents and supports amateur and semi-professional music groups of all genres throughout the United Kingdom. We provide a comprehensive range of artistic and administrative services and development and training opportunities. Making Music also lobbies on behalf of our members to national and local government and other agencies.

Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
www.mcps.co.uk
UK mechanical right collecting society.

Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and Performing Right Society Alliance (MCPS-PRS Alliance)
www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk
To make best use of their individual strengths, MCPS and PRS have formed an operational alliance. However, they are, and remain, separate societies in terms of income, constitution and guardianship of different rights.

MIDEM
www.midem.com
Annual international record, music publishing and video music market held in Cannes.

Music Business Forum (MBF)
The Music Business Forum (MBF) encompasses 20 different music business organisations that has, since its inception in the spring of 2002, gained a reputation as an effective representation of the interests of the music business in its widest sense to Government. It is co-chaired by British Music Rights co-chairs and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Music Education Council (MEC)
www.mec.org.uk
The Music Education Council - the umbrella body for all organisations connected with music education in the United Kingdom - exists to bring together and provide a forum for those organisations to debate issues affecting music education and to make representation and promote appropriate action at local, national and international level.

Music Industries Association (MIA)
www.mia.org.uk
UK trade association representing the interests of all UK businesses selling musical instruments and associated products.

Music Managers Forum (MMF)
www.musicmanagersforum.co.uk/
Represents the interests of artist managers.

Music Manifesto
www.musicmanifesto.co.uk/
The Music Manifesto is the result of a unique collaboration between the DfES and DCMS with music organisations, musicians, teachers and composers, the music industry, broadcasting, teacher and musicians' unions, arts and education charities and Trusts.

At the heart of the Music Manifesto is a desire to see more opportunities in music for more young people – from high quality curriculum tuition to out of school hours youth and garage bands; from composing to live performance, from classical concerts to DJing and gigs.

In its final form, the Music Manifesto offers a strategic direction for the future of music education and a common agenda for joint action. At the time of the launch it had attracted the support of more than 40 organisations, many of whom have already pledged practical activities and resources to support its delivery, and there are now over 600 signatories.


Music Producers Guild (MPG)
www.mpg.org.uk
The Music Producers Guild (UK) promotes and represents all individuals in the music production and recording professions. It is a professional organisation that embodies collective and individual creative contributions to the production and recording of all genres of music and media related activities.

Music Publishers Association (MPA)
www.mpaonline.org.uk
The MPA looks after the interest of all music publishers based or working in the UK and exists to safeguard and improve the business and legal environment within which its members are operating.

Musicians Union (MU)
www.musiciansunion.org.uk
The Musicians' Union represents over thirty thousand musicians working in all sectors of the music business.
As well as negotiating on behalf of its members with all the major employers in the industry, it offers a range of services for professional and student musicians of all ages.

MusicTank
www.musictank.co.uk
MusicTank is run by the University of Westminster and it aims to provide a business development one-stop-shop for the UK music industry. This is a not-for-profit resource for professionals in all genres and stages of their career and provides a web portal to highlight industry events and information.

National Campaign for the Arts (NCA)
www.artscampaign.org.uk
Independent lobbying organization which campaigns on issues affecting the arts.

National Entertainment Agents Council (NEAC)
www.neac.org.uk/
Provides guidance and a code of conduct for agents.

National Music Council (NMC)
www.musiced.co.uk/nmc.html Seeks to celebrate and promote the value and enjoyment of music which contributes, in all its forms, to the cultural, spiritual, educational, social and economic well-being of the UK.

To view a copy of the NMC’s statistical report, ‘Counting the Notes’ visit: http://www.musiced.org.uk/features/counting_the_notes.html

National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
www.nmpa.org
US organisation representing US music publishers.

Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)
www.nla.co.uk
UK body licensing the photocopying of newspaper content.

NuMu
http://www.numu.org.uk/
NUMU is a dedicated safe space for young people to showcase their music, meet others and learn new skills.

PAMRA
www.ppluk.com
PAMRA was the collecting society for non-featured performers; following the end of operation, PPL now looks after their interests.

Patent Office
www.patent.gov.uk
Official body for the granting of patents and for the registration of designs and trade marks in the UK.

Sponsored and maintained by the Patent Office, this site contains basic information about intellectual property to signpost users and creators appropriately.

One of the departments of the Patent Office is the Intellectual Property and Innovation Directorate broadly responsible for copyright.

Performing Right Society (PRS)
www.prs.co.uk
UK collecting society licensing broadcast, cable and public performance of musical works.

Performing Right Society Foundation (PRSF)
www.prsf.co.uk
Registered charity that offers financial awards to organisations that encourage, promote and sustain music creation and its performance.

Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL)
www.ppluk.com/
PPL is a music industry organisation collecting and distributing airplay and public performance royalties in the UK on behalf of over 3,500 record companies and 40,000 performers.

The Power of Music
www.prs.co.uk/powerofmusicreport/
This comprehensive study of research into the ‘other’ values of music, the first of its kind, has been commissioned by the Performing Right Society from Professor Sue Hallam of the Institute of Education, London University.

Pro-music
www.pro-music.org
Launched in May 2003 and endorsed by IFPI and IMPALA, this international initiative promotes legitimate online music services and confronts the myths surrounding piracy.

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
www.qca.org.uk
The Education Act 1997 gave QCA a core remit to promote quality and coherence in education and training.
Its key aims are to promote participation in lifelong learning, raise the skills levels of the nation, and increase all-round achievement.

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
www.riaa.com
The trade group for the US recorded music industry.

Society for Producers and Composers of Applied Music (PCAM)
www.pcam.co.uk
(Known as SPAM 1982 – 1997) Represents its members who write music for advertising, TV programmes and other audio-visual media.

SPNM – promoting new music
www.spnm.org.uk
Represents and promotes new music in the UK.

UK Intellectual Property website
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
Contains all the answers to your questions and all the resources you need to find your way through the IP jungle of Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks.

Video Performance Ltd (VPL)
www.ppluk.com
UK collecting society licensing the broadcast and public performance of music videos.

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
www.wipo.org
UN organisation responsible for the promotion and protection of intellectual property throughout the world and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of Intellectual Property.

World Trade Organisation (WTO)
www.wto.org
International organisation dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. WTO’s main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.

Young Enterprise
www.young-enterprise.org.uk/pub/
Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading business and enterprise education charity. It offers a range of programmes, based on the principle of Learning by Doing, which brings volunteers from business into the classroom to work with teachers and students. With more than 5,500 schools and colleges participating in its programmes, Young Enterprise currently reaches more than 320,000 young people a year from primary school right through to university.