be confused with music publishers association . music publishers association uk industry music founded 1881 1881 headquarters london united kingdom website http www.mpaonline.org.uk the music publishers association mpa is a non profit organization dubious discuss representing music publishers in the united kingdom since 1881 . citation needed it exists to safeguard and promote the interests of music publishers and the writers signed to them ; represent these interests to government the music industry the media and the public provide publishers with a forum a collective voice and a wide range of benefits services and training courses ; promote an understanding of the value of music and the importance of copyright ; and provide information and guidance to members of the public . 1 contents 1 history 2 conduct 2.1 petrucci music library 2.2 hargreaves review 3 the mpa richard toeman scholarship 4 references 5 external links history edit history the mpa was founded in 1881 as a way to protect and safeguard the interests of sheet music publishers . the founding members were citation needed thomas patey chappell & frank chappell chappell & co emile enoch enoch & sons george jeffreys g f jeffreys henry littleton w morley jr c h purday j b cramer & co stroud l cocks r. cocks & co. barnard lucas they were soon joined by charles boosey edwin ashdown and george patey . when citation needed by 1887 the mpa had its own offices in air street london . over the years the offices have been situated in several london locations most recently moving to british music house in december 2005 . by 1905 the mpa had grown to 19 members and would continue to expand its membership to the present total of over 270 publishers handling over three thousand subsidiary companies dealing in most musical genres . citation needed in the fifties the mpa became involved in the introduction of the ivor novello awards in 1956 . further explanation needed a few years earlier in 1951 the mpa became a founder member of the british joint copyright council which would later become the british copyright council in 1965 . citation needed in 1976 the association acquired ownership of the mechanical copyright protection society mcps . citation needed the mpa was a founder member of british music rights formed in 1996 together with the british academy of composers songwriters and authors basca the mechanical copyright protection society and the performing right society . in 2008 british music rights grew into an expanded body called uk music . 2 conduct edit petrucci music library edit in april 2011 the mpa issued a dmca takedown notice against the international music score library project imslp a publisher of public domain sheet music . go daddy the domain name registrar for the imslp removed the domain name imslp.org leaving it inaccessible . the mpa s argument was similar to that made in 2007 by universal edition . in particular the mpa claimed that rachmaninoff s 1913 choral symphony the bells violated us and eu copyright . 3 according to imslp the action is without any merit . 4 almost 24 hours later the mpa announced on twitter that they had asked go daddy to reinstate the domain name . 5 hargreaves review edit the hargreaves review has made recommendations that include exemptions of copyright such as format shifting where music users would be allowed to copy music from one format to another legally ; for example copying from cd to mp3 an act that is technically illegal under uk law . the mpa has taken a firm stance further explanation needed against these recommendations . the mpa claims that this could cost publishers up to 40 million a year . 6 an explanation of why the customers of their members should pay an extra 40 million has not been given . the hargreaves review also proposes an exemption for parodied works . this has also been fiercely opposed by the mpa . the mpa richard toeman scholarship edit the richard toeman scholarship was founded in 2006 and is designed to help individuals starting their careers in the music publishing industry . 7 references edit about the mpa http www.mpaonline.org.uk history of music publishing text of the mpa s letter to go daddy imslp under attack by carolus imslp forum 21 april 2011 tweet by will lines music publishers association uk 22 april 2011 music week 2012 mpa weighs in on copyright proposals . 6 april 2012 p. 4 . http www.musicweek.com story.asp storycode 1034667 & sectioncode 1 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title music publishers association uk & oldid 701733928 categories music organisations based in the united kingdom1881 establishments in the united kingdomorganizations established in 1881cultural organisations in londonhidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015use british english from january 2015all accuracy disputesarticles with disputed statements from july 2012all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2012vague or ambiguous time from july 2012wikipedia articles needing clarification from july 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 january 2016 at 07 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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