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Phonographic Performance Limited India, commonly known as PPL India, is an Indian collective rights management organization (CMO), founded in 1941. [1] The company controls the Public Performance rights of 317 music labels, with more than 1.5 million foreign and 0.8 million Indian songs in their repertoire. [2] Additionally, PPL also holds the Radio Broadcast licensing rights of 268 record labels. [3] The tracks represented by the organization encompass numerous languages including English, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali. [4]

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Function

Phonographic Performance Limited India licenses its copyrighted sound recordings to consumers to publicly perform the songs and for radio broadcast. [5] It is empowered to collect fees on behalf of its member music labels and distribute the proceeds accordingly. [3] [6]

Membership

The companies represented by PPL in India account for a sizable proportion of the total music market share internationally and domestically. [7] In 2018, PPL India acquired the music rights of South Indian Music Companies Association (SIMCA) thereby gaining control of up to 65% of the region's total musical output. [8] [2] The organization represents some of the world's and India's largest record labels, [9] including T-Series, Sony Music, Saregama, Universal Music, Warner Music India, Times Music and many more record labels.

[10] PPL India is also affiliated with the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) [11]

Organizational structure

PPL India is managed by a board of directors who serve at the pleasure of the company's stakeholders. The day-to-day operations of PPL are overseen by its Managing Director and CEO Mr. Rajat Kakar who was appointed to serve in January 2018. [12] The company currently has 170 employees, operates 17 offices across India, and is headquartered in Andheri, Mumbai. [13]

Public performance in India

Under the Copyright Act 1957, every business entity or individual who wishes to play recorded music publicly, must have the prior consent of PPL. [4] PPL enforces the intellectual property rights of its members by ensuring that businesses comply with the law by paying for the music they consume. [14]

Radio broadcasting rights

PPL India also collects license fees on behalf of its members for music played by private, community, and public radio stations across the country. [3] It currently holds the Radio Broadcasting rights of 268 record labels. [15]

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