Authors Rights
IMRO administers the performing right in copyright music on behalf of its members (songwriters, composers and music publishers) and on behalf of members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. Music users such as broadcasters, venues and businesses must pay for their use of copyright music by way of a blanket licence fee
Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (Ireland) Limited (MCPSI) is an organisation which represents thousands of composers and publishers of music. The right involved is a ‘mechanical’ right because it involves the physical reproduction of a member’s musical works, although with the advent of digital media and the internet the term ‘mechanical’ has been broadened to include digital reproductions of MCPSI’s members’ works too. MCPSI is responsible for the collection of royalties for its members when their works are used on physical formats such as CD, DVD, vinyl, etc or made available for download via the internet, mobile phones and via other digital devices and services.