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CWR for GMR

GMR administers performance rights in United States. Global Music Rights — the youngest and smallest US PRO, also invitation-only.

History

Founded in 2013 by Irving Azoff, GMR was the first new American PRO in roughly 75 years. It represents a deliberately small roster of major writers and negotiates outside the consent decrees that bind ASCAP and BMI — a bet that scarce, premium repertoire beats scale.

CWR at GMR

With a few hundred writers rather than a million, GMR's registration flows are bespoke: delivery is arranged directly when you affiliate, CWR included by arrangement.

Publishers deliver CWR files to GMR directly (as members, affiliates, or sub-publishers). Like nearly every CISAC society, GMR works in the CWR 2.1 / 2.2 era — the versions in production use worldwide since the standard displaced the proprietary registration formats of the 1990s. Per-society delivery profiles do change, so confirm the current version and any local quirks before a first delivery.

Related societies

ASCAP · BMI · SESAC

More: which societies accept CWR · what a CWR file is · files bound for GMR can be checked free on the validator. GMR is an independent organization; CWR Check is not affiliated with it.

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