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The Hub is a dedicated space for IMPF members to share their own announcements, achievements and views with the wider independent music publishing community. Members can submit press releases, opinion pieces and other editorial content directly to the Hub, where it will be reviewed and published as part of IMPF’s industry-facing editorial platform, with selected content also syndicated through Independent Music Insider to help extend its reach across the wider music business.

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IMPF welcomes SACEM to the Friends and Supporters Category

Feb 19, 2025

Founded in 1851, Sacem is a private, non-profit society owned by its members, that maximises revenues and service for creators and publishers. Today, it boasts a membership of 224,470 across authors, composers, music publishers, dubbing and subtitling authors and...

Cultural and Creative sectors call on AI Summit Paris to Support Creators

Feb 7, 2025

IMPF along with 37 international organisations representing the cultural and creative sectors calls on the ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT taking place in Paris to support creators and demand respect for copyright. See the Charter here.

IMPF secures second round of EU funding as part of the Creative Europe Programme

Jan 31, 2025

IMPF has received a second substantial grant from the European Union as part of the Creative Europe Programme, which will further fund new projects designed to support IMPF’s members across Europe, as well as benefitting independent music publishers more widely around...

IMPF joins coalition of EU rightsholders and creators calling for improvement of the GPAI Code of Practice

Jan 27, 2025

EU rightsholders and creators demand substantial improvements to the GPAI Code of Practice. If the draft is not substantially improved, the Code will fail to meet the objectives of the AI Act and directly conflict with EU law, including copyright law. See the letter...

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Music sector joins together to call for EU and national investment to address current crisis and promote diversity

Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. As borders close, venues as well as festivals suspend their activities, performances are cancelled, group activity is stopped, shops close, and new releases...

IMPF Press Release 4 April 2020

Please click the link below. PRESS RELEASE 4 April 2020

COVID-19 IMPF Statement

Friends and colleagues, we write to you in these difficult times to offer moral support and to say we are reviewing how we can be of any practical support to you, members of the indie music publishing community globally during these months. We are very aware of the...

IMPF Annual Report 2019

Please click below to view. ANNUAL REPORT IMPF 2019

Joint letter for an increased budget for Creative Europe 2021-2027

Creative Europe Programme 2021-2017 . Investing in our culture is investing in our future. Open letter to EU leaders from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. Dear President of the European Council, Dear Member States representatives, We are writing as a...

IMPF becomes a respresentative association in the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights

OBSERVATORY - The Director Alicante, 8 November 2019 OBD/PM/AP/SR/ml - DIN0082452831 Mr Pierre Mossiat President of the Boards of Directors Independent Music Publishers International Forum, IMPF St Laurent street 3.6-38, 1000 Brussels Belgium By email:...

IMPF Press Release 7 June 2019

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IMPF Breakfast at Midem June 2019

Please click here to view Midem Newsletter.

Joint Statement on the Copyright Directive

Brussels, 20 February 2019 JOINT STATEMENT ON THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE We, the undersigned organisations, representing authors, composers, writers, journalists, photographers and others working in all artistic fields, news agencies, book, press and music publishers,...

Grave Concerns regarding SGAE Governance Article 159 ñ

Ilmo. Sr. D. José Guirao Plaza del Rei, 1 28004 Madrid Bruselas, Feb 14 2019 On behalf of IMPF, the forum which is constituted by independent music publishing companies internationally, and, as on previous occasions, we are again writing to express the latest concern...

Joint Statement of Creators and Writers on the Copyright Directive

Brussels, 11 February 2019 Time to improve and adopt the Copyright Directive Distinguished trilogue negotiators, We, the undersigned organisations representing authors, performers, and others working in all artistic fields, news agencies, book, press and independent...

Cultural & Creative Sectors sign open letter on the Horizon Europe Proposal

Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to you as a group of organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors in the framework of the ongoing discussions on the ‘Horizon Europe’ proposal. We firmly believe that the new Framework Programme for Research and...

Letter to the Spanish Ministry regarding the functioning of SGAE

Ilmo. Sr. D. José Guirao Plaza del Rei, 1 28004 Madrid Bruselas, Septiembre 27, 2018 Excelentísimo Sr. Ministro de Cultura, En nombre de IMPF y en representación del colectivo Internacional de la Edición Musical Independiente deseamos expresar nuestra preocupación por...

Support Mandate for Copyright Directive – Call from Cultural & Creative Sectors

IMPF Press Release 6 June 2018

Cannes, France – 6th June 2018, The Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) and the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) held their 3rd Annual Indie Music Publishers Breakfast during Midem. Attended by over 140 indie music publishers,...