FIM

The International Federation of Musicians (FIM) (http://www.fim-musicians.com), founded in 1948 is the only international organisation for musicians working in all genres of music. The Federation’s main objective is to protect and further the economic, social and artistic interests of musicians by:

• Promoting national and international protective legislation in the interests of musicians,
• Obtaining and compiling statistical and other information regarding the music profession,
• Holding international congresses and conferences,
• Collaborating with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Labour Office (ILO) and UNESCO, The Council of Europe, the European Commission, and the European Parliament on issues of importance to performers.

FIM works closely with collecting societies administering performers’ rights and has been fully involved in protecting musicians’ interests in all the developments arising from digital technology including the internet and associated communications technologies.
Press contact email: office@fim-musicians.com

GERA-Europe

The Global Entertainment Retail Association-Europe (http://www.gera-europe.org)represents entertainment retailers at a European level with respect to all issues that affect the way entertainment retailers do their business.

Press contact Marco Di Benedetto, Tel: +32 (0) 2626 9500
email: MDB@policyaction.com

GIART

GIART (http://www.giart.org) is the International Organisation of Performing Artists composed of the European Collecting Societies of performers' rights whose purpose is to defend and to promote the intellectual property rights of performing artists at European and International level.

Press contact Francesca Greco, Tel: +32 2 732 53 92, Mobile: +32 476 208112,
email: giart@chello.be

IFPI

IFPI (http://www.ifpi.org) represents the recording industry worldwide, with a membership comprising some 1400 record companies in 73 countries and affiliated industry associations in 48 countries. IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music in all markets where its members operate.

Press office: Tel: +44 (0)20 7878 7900
email: press-office@ifpi.org

IMMF

The International Music Managers Forum (http://www.immf.net) represents the interests of music managers, and by extension their 'featured artist' clients, at the global level; its membership, the national associations of music managers in many countries, represent the same interests to their respective local governments. The organisation aims to help managers be more successful in representing their artist-clients through training and capacity-building initiatives, by actively participating in the work of multilateral processes and organisations which help develop norms in the copyright field, and through facilitating information sharing between managers worldwide.

Press contact Kim Hunter, Tel: +44 (0)20 8800 1011, Mobile: +44 (0)7985 275 447
email press@immf.net

Impala

The Independent Music Companies Association - IMPALA (www.impalasite.org) is an international non profit-making trade association representing over 4000 independent record companies and music publishers across Europe. Its purpose is to promote their competitiveness in the interests of cultural diversity.

Press contact James Taylor, Tel: +32 2 503 31 38
email: jtaylor@impalamusic.org

IMPA

IMPA (International Music Publishers Association), is a trade association open to international music publishing groups and which currently represents EMI, Sony, Universal (including BMG) and Warner/Chappell Music.

Press contact Alessandra Silvestro
email: alessandra@silvestro.be