IFRRO welcomes new Music RRO member from China

IFRRO has admitted a new Music RRO member from China. The Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) was established in 1992 and has mandates from some 4,000 rightholders. It has ties to over 30 foreign music copyright protection organizations including the Irish Music Rights Organization, the National Music Publishers Association in the United States, and the Performing Rights Society-UK. MCSC and SEMU (the Belgian Music RRO) have signed a reciprocal agreement, which will allow MCSC also to represent Belgian musical work in print.

It admits both authors and publishers as members and is responsible for music copyright including using musical works for public performance; public transmission; mechanical reproduction such as producing, reproducing and distributing sound and video recordings; producing radio and television programs; producing background music of films, television, video recordings and any other audio-visual materials; and other uses of musical works where collective administration is suitable.

The addition of MCSC brings the IFRRO membership to 138 members of which 85 are RROs.