TikTok must engage with and establish a licensing agreement with Merlin if it wishes to use the music of Merlin's members on its platform. To try and circumnavigate Merlin's collective licensing is a thinly veiled attempt to divide independent labels and drive down...

IMPF welcomes MPAJ to the Friends and Supporters Category.  See the press release here.

IMPF warmly welcomes the new team of Commissioners as unveiled by President von der Leyen today and looks forward to working with the those in charge of relevant portfolios on completion of the formal nomination proceedings and confirmation vote of the European...

We are pleased to announce that IMPF has appointed Nicole Schulze as Secretary General.  Please see the press release here.

Golnar Khosrowshahi (Founder & CEO, Reservoir Media), David Israelite (President & CEO, National Music Publishers' Association), and Mike O’Neill (President & CEO, BMI) have been confirmed as keynote speakers for the IMPF Global Music Summit Palma 2024. ...

IMPF welcomes BMI to the Friends and Supporters category.  See the Press Release here.

IMPF welcomes Canadian Music Rights Organization, SOCAN to the Friends and Supporter category.  See the Press Release here.

6 new publishers elected to IMPF Board Rosa M. Vizcaíno Gómez, Emily Stephenson, Claudia Mescoli, Cecilia Léon Rodrigo, Tatjana Bukvić and Denise Andrikopoulou were newly elected at the 2024 General Assembly in Dublin today.  The full list of IMPF Board members for...

IMPF has launched the fourth edition of the Global Market View for Independent Music Publishing. Available here and sponsored by Musixmatch, it is the only report that looks exclusively at the independent music publishing industry and its international impact and...

IMPF, and creators and rightsholders everywhere, welcome the approval of the EU AI Act by the European Parliament. We applaud the MEPs for the crucial role they have played in supporting us throughout this process. The EU AI Act is a world-first legislation regulating...

IMPF is pleased to welcome UBC as a new Friend and Supporter.  See the press release here.

IMPF Statement from Annette Barrett, IMPF President, on approval of the AI ACT.

IMPF and its membership of independent music publishing companies worldwide along with over 200 cultural and creative organisations calls on the Member States of the European Union to show global leadership and approve the AI Act at the COREPER meeting on 2 February....

The EMERGE project was launched today at ESNS - IMPF is a partner and sits on the EMERGE Advisory Board. On Thursday 18th January, IMPF sat on the Advisory Board and was represented by Katja Jainski-Manteuffel, Vice President Marketing & Synch Licensing Budde...

Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) Congratulates MEP Ibán García del Blanco and the European Parliament on today's vote and commitment.

See the Commission Press Release here.