T-Series Joins IPRS To Give A Boost To The Indian Music Publishing Industry
This development is a watershed moment in the Indian Music Industry and will provide a game changing boost to the IPRS, the registered Indian Copyright Society representing music composers, lyricists and owner publishers
T-Series
and
The
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
Limited
("IPRS")
in
a
joint
press
release
announced
today
that
Super
Cassettes
Industries
Limited,
popularly
known
as
"T-Series",
has
joined
the
membership
of
IPRS.
T-Series,
India's
leading
Music
label
and
the
biggest
Film
Production
studio
in
India
led
by
Mr
Bhushan
Kumar,
Chairman
and
Managing
Director,
brings
to
IPRS
a
vast
music
library
of
more
than
200,000
titles,
including
50,000
plus
music
videos,
comprising
of
more
than
15000
hours
of
music
including
musical
compositions
and
lyrics
forming
part
of
songs/music
videos
spread
across
more
than
fifteen
Indian
languages
such
as
Hindi,
Punjabi,
Bhojpuri,
Haryanvi,
Bengali,
Gujarati,
Marathi,
Rajasthani,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Kannada,
Malayalam,
Oriya,
etc.
This
development
is
a
watershed
moment
in
the
Indian
Music
Industry
and
will
provide
a
game
changing
boost
to
the
IPRS,
the
registered
Indian
Copyright
Society
representing
music
composers,
lyricists
and
owner
publishers
of
music.
T-Series
presence
as
a
member
will
significantly
benefit
authors
and
music
composer
members
of
IPRS.
IPRS
will
now
represent
the
T-Series
music
publishing
catalogue
of
lyrics
and
musical
compositions
and
license
a
wide
variety
of
platforms
and
businesses
which
exploit
music
in
India
significantly
enhancing
the
music
publishing
ecosystem
in
India
and
vastly
improving
the
ease
of
doing
business
for
numerous
music
licensees
including
broadcasters,
digital
services,
telcos
and
various
other
small
businesses
intending
to
license
music
in
a
seamless
single
window
clearance
for
underlying
works
embodied
in
a
sound
recording
or
a
music
video
.
Chairman
of
IPRS
renowned
lyricist
Mr
Javed
Akhtar
said
-
"I
see
this
as
a
homecoming
for
T-Series
and
thank
Mr
Bhushan
Kumar
and
the
T-Series
family
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
for
entrusting
IPRS
with
its
copyright
catalogue
once
again.
This
is
a
win-win
proposition
for
T-Series
and
for
our
author
and
music
composer
members
who
will
benefit
tremendously.
The
entire
music
industry
is
united
today
in
its
determination
that
creators,
music
businesses
all
will
work
together
for
the
common
cause.
I
am
joined
by
my
fellow
Directors
of
IPRS
in
saying
I
also
look
forward
to
welcoming
Mr
Bhushan
Kumar
on
the
Board
of
IPRS".
Chairman
and
Managing
Director
of
T-Series,
Mr
Bhushan
Kumar
said
-
"Copyright
is
in
the
heart
and
soul
of
what
T-Series
creates.
Our
joining
IPRS
is
a
logical
progression
for
the
company.
We
took
this
decision
in
the
interest
of
the
entire
music
industry
-
today
the
entire
industry,
creators,
music
businesses,
all
united,
represent
a
seamless
coalition
of
stakeholders
contributing
to
our
country's
progress
and
working
together
in
our
common
interest.
T-Series
will
bring
more
value
to
IPRS
and
its
members.
We
look
forward
to
IPRS
growing
even
more
with
our
support
in
the
future
so
that
it
can
benefit
the
creator
community
and
the
industry
even
more".
Mr
Devraj
Sanyal,
Managing
Director
&
CEO,
Universal
Music
Group,
India
&
South
Asia
said
-
" for
great
change
to
effectively
happen
in
the
publishing
business
of
the
Indian
Music
Industry,
you
need
all
the
major
players
to
band
together
to
push
the
agenda
of
fairness,
transparency
&
equitable
remunerations
for
both
owner
publishers
&
our
respected
author
composers
and
now
with
my
dear
friends
Bhushan
&
teams
from
T-Series
joining
us
in
IPRS,
that
day
is
here.
With
Javed
Saab,
Bhushan
&
all
my
fellow
board
members
I'm
sure
we
will
now
see
a
golden
age
dawn
for
creators
&
copyright
owners".
Mr
Rakesh
Nigam
CEO,
IPRS
said,
"I
am
delighted
that
T-Series
is
joining
IPRS.
This
will
benefit
the
authors
and
music
composer
members
of
IPRS
tremendously.
T-Series
is
not
only
a
market
leader
in
the
music
and
film
industry,
but
it
is
also
a
hugely
successful
incubation
lab
and
proving
ground
for
many
young
talented
creators,
all
of
whom
will
benefit
from
their
association
with
IPRS
as
well."