Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd (MCPS)
29-33 Berners Street London W1T 3AB
Tel : 020 7580 5544 Fax : 020 7306 4455
email : info@mcps.co.uk
web site: http://www.mcps.co.uk/

Collects 'mechanical' royalties due to publisher and composer members from the recordings of their copyright musical works. MCPS issues licences to the producers of CDs, records, tapes, videos, audio-visual, multimedia, broadcast and film productions.

Performing Right Society Ltd (PRS)
29-33 Berners Street London W1T 3AB
Tel : 020 7580 5544 Fax : 020 7306 4050
email : info@prs.co.uk
web site: http://www.prs.co.uk/

Collects and distributes worldwide performance royalties on behalf of composer and publisher members. Derives income from the control of broadcasting and performing rights. PRS issues licences to all kinds of venues, TV and radio broadcasters. (Contact PRS for telephone numbers and addresses of their regional offices.)

Educational Recording Agency (ERA)
Isis House 74 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1EF
Tel : 020 7436 4883 Fax : 020 7636 2402
email : era@era.org.uk
web site: http://www.era.org.uk/

Issues licences to educational establishments and authorities to record broadcast programmes for educational purposes.

Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL)
1 Upper James Street London W1F 9DE
Tel : 020 7534 1000 Fax : 020 7534 1111

PPL is a non-profit making organisation established in 1934 by the recording industry to administer public performance and broadcasting rights of their recordings.PPL issues licences to all kinds of venues, radio and TV broadcasters. Video Performance Limited (VPL) can be contacted at the same address.

The Association of United Recording Artists (AURA)
134 Lots Road London SW10 0RJ
Tel: 020 7352 4564 Fax: 020 7351 3117

An association representing professional recording artists and studio producers. AURA collects and distributes performance income on behalf of its members.

Performing Artists Media Rights Association
Third Floor 161 Borough High Street London SE1 1HR
Tel: 020 7940 0400 Fax: 020 7407 2008
email : members@pamra.org.uk

Performers in the UK have a legal right to receive payments for the exploitation of their commercially published sound recordings. PAMRA is the Performers collecting society set up by performers to administer this right in the UK and to collect money from overseas.

Music Publishers' Association (MPA)
3rd Floor, Strandgate 18/20 York Buildings London WC2N 6JU
Tel: 020 7839 7779 Fax : 020 7839 7776

An organisation of UK music publishers, promoting and protecting their mutual interests, providing information for good publishing practice. The MPA owns MCPS Ltd.

Independent Publishers' Association (IPA)
PO Box 3163, London, NW1 5HH
Tel: 020 7704 8541 Fax : 020 7704 8540

The IPA was formed in 1992 as an informal and primarily creative association, somewhere for independent publishers and their songwriters to meet up and talk about songs, collaborations, getting covers, new opportunities etc. Most matters generally are discussed, except for heavyweight music industry issues and politics.

British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
2nd floor, British Music House, 25-27 Berners Street, London W1T 3LR.
Tel : 020 7636 2929 Fax: 020 7636 2212
email:info@britishacademy.com
website: www.britishacademy.com

The Academy represents the interests of music writers across all genres, providing professional and artistic advice. It administers a number of major events, including the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, and publishes The Works magazine (quarterly).

British Music Rights Ltd
British Music House 25-27 Berners Street London W1P 3DB
Tel: 020 7306 4446 Fax: 020 7306 4449
website: www.bmr.org

British Music Rights has been established to promote British music and the interests of British music creators and publishers. Provides a focal point for Britain's diverse and dynamic music business. Members are MPA, ACO, MCPS, PRS.

BIEM (Bureau International Des Societes Gerant Les Droits D'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique)
BIEM exists as an umbrella organisation for societies worldwide who are involved with the administration of mechanical rights.Its roles include the negotiation of standard contracts
with the phonographic and videographic industries, to assure technical collaboration and to represent and defend the interests of its member societies for reference.
http://www.biem.org/
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/biem/index.htm

Incorporated Society of Musicians
10 Stratford Place London W1N 9AE
Tel: 020 7629 4413 Fax: 020 7408 1538
e-mail: membership@ism.org
Website: htttp://www.ism.org

Copyright Advice & Anti-Piracy Hotline
Tel: 0845 6034567
email: contact@copyright-info.org.uk
web site: http://www.copyright-info.org/

British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
25 Savile Row London W1X 1AA
Tel : 020 7287 4422 Fax : 020 7287 2252
email : general@bpi.co.uk
web site: http://www.bpi.co.uk/

Represents the UK record industry to government, Brussels and the general public, also liaises and negotiates agreements with other industry bodies where necessary. Set up the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.

Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA)
PO Box 516 Glasgow G5 8PZ
Tel : 0141 429 4174 Fax : 0141 420 1892

The SMIA aims to be the vehicle for promoting global interest in all forms of music created in Scotland, resulting in industry and public awareness of Scottish talent.

AIM (Association of Independent Music)
Lamb House, Church Street, London, W4 2PD
tel: 0208 994 5599 fax: 0208 994 5222
e-mail : info@musicindie.com

Association of independent record companies. Provides an influential voice for the independent sector. Lobbies for the best deals possible for members in areas such as formation of charts, relationships with other industry bodies and disseminating relevant information.

Association Of Professional Recording Services Ltd (APRS)
2 Windsor Square Silver Street Reading
Berkshire RG1 2TH
Tel : 01734 756218 Fax : 01734 756216
email : info@aprs.co.uk
web site: http://www.aprs.co.uk/

Promotes the interests of those involved with professional sound recording and also organises the annual 'Audio Technology' show. Another division of the APRS is PAD, the 'umbrella' organisation of pressers and duplicators of audio and video products.

British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)
Premier House Hinton Road
Bournemouth Dorset BH1 2EF
Tel : 01202 292063 Fax : 01202 292067

Acts as a forum for all music retailers within the UK. Protects the interests of its members in all matters that concern them, e.g.:- law, packaging, new technology and distribution.

ANA (The Article Number Association (UK) Ltd)
11 Kingsway London WC2B 6AR
Tel: 020 7836 3398 Fax: 020 7240 8149
email: info@ana.org.uk
web site: http://www.ana.org.uk/

The ANA can offer advice and general information with regard to the barcoding of products including vinyl, CDs, cassettes etc. The ANA is the organisation within the UK that administers the allocation of barcodes and helps to ensure that barcodes are used to uniquely identify any company and its products.

The Performing Right Society Foundation
29/33 Berners Street
London
W1P 4AA
web site: www.prsf.co.uk
e-mail: david.francis@prs.co.uk or rachel.nelken@prs.co.uk

The Performing Right Society Foundation is a charitable, non-profit making organisation funded by The Performing Right Society (PRS). The aim of The Foundation is to encourage, promote and sustain music creation and its performance, of all genres, at all levels of activity.

The Musicians Union (MU)
60-62 Clapham Road London SW9 OJJ
Tel : 020 7582 5566 Fax : 020 7582 9805
web site: http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/

Seeks to improve the status and remuneration of its members by protecting both contractual and statutory rights. Establishes pay agreements covering every type of employment for musicians, and also makes representations to Parliament on a wide range of music issues. (Contact the MU for telephone numbers and addresses of their regional offices.)

Music Performance Research Centre (MPRC)
web site: http://www.musicpreserved.org/

Holds over 1500 archive recordings of live performances, interviews both audio and video, from the 1930s to the present day, available at the Barbican Centre, London, or elsewhere by arrangement. The MPRC was set up to preserve sound documents of public performances for future generations, and to preserve, as far as possible, the integrity of the performances.

The Patent Office
Central Enquiry Unit,
Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales NP9 1RH
Tel : 08459 500 505 (Local Rate Calls) Fax : 01633 813600
Minicom: 08459 222 250
email: enquiries@patent.gov.uk
web site: http://www.patent.gov.uk

A popular question from bands and artists is how to protect a name, as the copyright laws in the UK do not give copyright protection to names or titles. The Patent Office can give advice as to the protection which can be afforded by the use of trademarks. The use of trademarks can also be useful in giving extra protection to certain artistic works such as logos

The Music Managers Forum Ltd (previously the IMF)
1 Glenthorne Mews
115a Glenthorne Road
London W6 0LJ
Tel: 020 8741 2555 Fax: 020 8741 4856

The National Band Register
65 George Street Oxford OX1 2BE
Tel: 01865 798795 Fax: 01865 798796
email: nbr@bandreg.co.uk
web site: http://www.bandreg.com/

The main purpose of the organisation is to advise and help in the protection of group names and to provide a service whereby it is possible to check whether or not a name currently is, or has been, in use.