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World IP Day • Call for Panelists

For the sixth year in a row, the Copyright Alliance will join with the U.S. Copyright Office to host a World IP Day event on April 26 in Washington, D.C. This year’s World IP Day theme is Innovation – Improving Lives.

In honor of World IP Day, and in keeping with this year’s overall theme, the Alliance is looking to assemble a panel to discuss Innovations in the Sound Recording Industry.

If you are a music industry creator who is interested in participating as a panelist, please contact the Alliance at [email protected]. For more information about the Copyright Alliance, visit www.copyrightalliance.org; and for more information regarding World IP Day, visit http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/

A2IM works closely with Copyright Alliance and encourages label members to participate if they are interested!

About A2IM:
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America’s creative class that represents America’s diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry’s U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.

Learn more about A2IM here.
For information about how to join our community, see here.