News

05/11/2009

Peru Brings its Stong Indie Sector into WIN

The independent music trade body in Peru, APROFIP (phonogram producers Independent Association of Peru) operates in a country where indies can claim a 60% share of their national market, as against a global average indie market share of approximately 25%.

Founded in 2004 and based in Lima, APROFIP has now officially joined WIN, and brought its 63 member companies into the increasingly active and significant worldwide organisation. Those members together have 42% of the national recorded music market. Peru joins South America’s two largest countries (Brazil by size and Argentina by population) which are already WIN members, and brings the total number of nations represented in the WIN membership to 26.
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04/02/2009

WIN embarks on Worldwide Collecting Society Research

The potential income growth via collection societies for independent record labels for use of their broadcast and public performance rights is very large and, through WIN, independents need to act together to maximize their earnings from these rights. To achieve this we need information.
 
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03/10/2009

WIN Appoints Chairman and Vice Chairs

The Board meeting of the international independent music association WIN (www.worldwideindependentnetwork.com) at Midem this year marked the completion of Alison Wenham’s two-years of inaugural Presidency, which has seen this grouping extend its membership to labels and independent music trade associations in 25 countries across all continents, while providing collective impetus for the formation of Merlin (www.merlinnetwork.org) to work with the independent sector in commercial exploitation of their copyrights.
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12/13/2007

Independents Day

Though we speak different languages, have different customs and backgrounds, our common bond is we all speak the language of independent music. We are the risk takers, the first not only spot trends but to start them. We take chances to open up minds and ears.

Independent music celebrates the cultural underpinnings of a country’s heritage. But how often, if ever, does independent music celebrate itself? How often has the world heard about us through a unified voice?

We'd like to introduce you to a very exciting special event, which we will be staging throughout the world, which needs your help and support to make this one of the most powerful initiatives the independent community has ever endeavored to create.

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WIN Communications

This new WIN website is another important communications tool for WIN members. A constant flow of e-mail exchanges already ensures that every member can reach others individually, in groups or the entire current membership at any time to ask business-related questions and exchange information and ideas. Now the website offers an information centre which will be regularly updated.

The WIN website will initially be limited in size, simple in structure and open to all - members or non members.

As resources allow in the future it will be developed to suit members more specific needs for features such a password-protected members-only areas and a discussion forum.

Merlin

Merlin is a non-profit collective rights body, owned by its members and charged with representing independent music companies in enhancing the commercial exploitation of their copyrights in new media usages on a global basis.

Merlin is the first rights body focusing purely on the commercial interests of the global independent music sector, which collectively represents 30% of all music sales. Membership is open to all independent record companies and Master rights holders.