The Global Repertoire Database (GRD) will set up its global headquarters in London with an operations centre in Berlin.
According to project leaders, the London office will house corporate functions and business development capabilities. It is expected to open later in 2013 and initially work alongside the current London project team.
Work in Berlin will focus on registrations and data processing facilities and may provide a template for further operation centres as the project progresses.
The GRD initiative is being set up to create a single, comprehensive hub for the authorship and control of musical works. The main benefits from the project will include a more efficient infrastructure for the management of music rights and improved music licensing surrounding digital and other music services.
Andrew Jenkins, Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), said: ‘The decision to locate the GRD in two world capital cities, London and Berlin, was taken after a detailed selection process by the GRD working group, facilitated by our business partner, Deloitte.
‘Potential locations were assessed and analysed over a long number of months and the decision was not at all easy as some excellent candidate cities were under consideration.’
‘Availability of suitably skilled staff, accessibility for global industry participants, and strength of legal protection for intellectual property were important criteria and of course the global nature and requirements of the GRD is a key consideration.’
The next stage of the project's development is the technical build, during which the systems and processes required for the new database to interact with existing licensing and payment systems will be created.
The project was instigated in 2009 by PRS for Music along with EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, iTunes, Amazon, Nokia, Swedish collecting society STIM and French society SACEM.
Find out more on the initiative from www.globalrepertoiredatabase.com.
According to project leaders, the London office will house corporate functions and business development capabilities. It is expected to open later in 2013 and initially work alongside the current London project team.
Work in Berlin will focus on registrations and data processing facilities and may provide a template for further operation centres as the project progresses.
The GRD initiative is being set up to create a single, comprehensive hub for the authorship and control of musical works. The main benefits from the project will include a more efficient infrastructure for the management of music rights and improved music licensing surrounding digital and other music services.
Andrew Jenkins, Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), said: ‘The decision to locate the GRD in two world capital cities, London and Berlin, was taken after a detailed selection process by the GRD working group, facilitated by our business partner, Deloitte.
‘Potential locations were assessed and analysed over a long number of months and the decision was not at all easy as some excellent candidate cities were under consideration.’
‘Availability of suitably skilled staff, accessibility for global industry participants, and strength of legal protection for intellectual property were important criteria and of course the global nature and requirements of the GRD is a key consideration.’
The next stage of the project's development is the technical build, during which the systems and processes required for the new database to interact with existing licensing and payment systems will be created.
The project was instigated in 2009 by PRS for Music along with EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, iTunes, Amazon, Nokia, Swedish collecting society STIM and French society SACEM.
Find out more on the initiative from www.globalrepertoiredatabase.com.
