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title : Global Music Rights (GMR): The PRO Explained | Reprtoir
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Global Music Rights & Reprtoir

Selective US performing rights organization founded in 2013 by music executive Irving Azoff, representing an invitation-only roster of songwriters.

CWR registration
Type
Performing rights organization (PRO)
Founded
2013
HQ
Los Angeles, United States
How Reprtoir works with Global Music Rights

Your Global Music Rights pipeline, in one place.

Works in & out

Send & receive CWR with Global Music Rights

Reprtoir exchanges CWR with Global Music Rights in both directions — register your works and take in their filings, with controlled and uncontrolled shares mapped the way the standard expects, so nothing is re-keyed.

About

Who is Global Music Rights?

Global Music Rights (GMR) is a United States performing rights organization founded in 2013 by music executive and manager Irving Azoff, alongside longtime PRO executive Randy Grimmett. Described as the first new US PRO in roughly 75 years, GMR was created as an alternative to the long-established ASCAP and BMI, which together administer the large majority of public-performance rights in American music. Rather than operating as an open-membership society, GMR positions itself as a boutique, high-end organization, curating a deliberately limited group of writers and pitching itself on tailored client service, data transparency, and rights advocacy on behalf of copyright owners.

As a performing rights organization, GMR licenses the public-performance rights in the musical works of the songwriters and composers it represents, then collects and distributes royalties for uses such as radio airplay, streaming, television, and public venues. Its client base is invitation-only, and the company emphasizes personalized administration and analytics tools over the scale-driven model of the larger PROs. GMR also administers foreign performance income for its writers through reciprocal arrangements with international collecting societies, giving its US-based roster global royalty coverage across territories where its members' works are performed.

GMR has been defined in part by a protracted antitrust dispute with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), which represents commercial radio broadcasters. In 2016 the RMLC sued GMR, alleging its all-or-nothing catalog licensing was anticompetitive; GMR countersued, characterizing the RMLC as an unlawful buyers' cartel. The dueling suits ran for more than five years before the parties announced a settlement on 7 January 2022, under which participating stations entered long-term GMR licenses effective 1 April 2022, resolving the litigation.

What is Global Music Rights?

Global Music Rights (GMR) is a United States performing rights organization founded in 2013 by music executive Irving Azoff. It licenses the public-performance rights of an invitation-only roster of songwriters and composers, collecting and distributing royalties for uses such as radio, streaming, and live performance. It positions itself as a boutique, high-service alternative to the larger ASCAP and BMI.

Can I register works to Global Music Rights from Reprtoir?

Yes. Reprtoir generates CWR files from your catalog and registers your works with Global Music Rights — controlled and uncontrolled shares mapped the way the standard expects.

Am I locked to Global Music Rights if I use Reprtoir?

Not by Reprtoir. Your data and stable identifiers stay yours and portable. Any commitment to Global Music Rights is governed by your own agreement with Global Music Rights, not by Reprtoir.

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