The Recorded Music Performance Ltd. (RMPL) is authorised and exclusively controls public performance rights and radio broadcasting rights (sound recordings) of our member companies, including both non-film and film songs of its members, who are music labels. There is no transfer of effective title, control, custody or possession or ‘right to use’ of copyrights, which vests solely with the owner.

Many are not aware or not very clear about the Copyrights in Music and therefore functioning of Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS). They often ask, “What is the business of IPRS?”

 In short, IPRS is to legitimize use of copyrighted Music by Music users by issuing them Licences and collect Royalties from Music Users, for and on behalf of IPRS members i.e. Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music. Royalty thus collected is distributed amongst members after deducting IPRS’s administrative costs. Composers are those who are better known as Music Directors, Authors are better known as Lyricists, Publishers of Music are the Music Companies, or those who hold Publishing Rights of the Musical & Literary Works. Authors and Composers are sometimes referred to as Writers which can mean any or both of them.