MUMBAI: April 26th marks the annual celebration of World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD), an important event aimed at increasing awareness of the significance of intellectual property rights in fostering innovation and creativity. This year's theme, "Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity," shines a spotlight on the “can do” attitude of women inventors, creators and entrepreneurs around the world and their ground-breaking work, and underscores the importance of advancing gender parity in the fields of innovation and creativity.

As a society committed to safeguarding the rights of music creators and publishers, IPRS recognizes the criticality of protecting intellectual property rights in the music industry. Commemorating the World Intellectual Property Day, IPRS is delighted to announce its engaging live sessions on Intellectual Property Rights for Music Creators and a drive conversations on Women Creating Music and its future.

Details of the session

1 What: The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) is hosting a Live session on the Importance of Intellectual Property and managing and protecting the rights of the creators
2 When: 26th April 2023
3 Time: 3:30 pm
4 Venue: Online

The second session will be in the form of a music roundtable and will see representatives of the IPRS Women Wing sharing their insights regarding the IP scenario in the industry, including the challenges, opportunities, experiences, and strategies to support and empower the next generation of women creators. IPRS launched the Women Wing across its regional committees earlier this year.

Details of the session

1 What: The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) is hosting a WIPD music roundtable with leading female authors and composers sharing their experiences and leading the way to empower the next generation of women creators.
2 When: 26th April 2023
3 Time: 5 pm
4 Venue : Online

About IPRS:

The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) is a Music Copyright Society registered under the Copyright Act, 1957, and counts more than 10000 of India’s best-known authors, composers, and music publishers as its members. IPRS is authorized under the Copyright Act,1957 to carry on the business of granting and issuing licenses in respect of musical works and literary works associated with musical works assigned to it by its members as well as collect and distribute the royalties to its members including the authors’ statutory royalties, for the exploitation of these works either by way of live performances and/or recorded music through any medium except when exhibited as a part of a cinematograph film shown in a cinema hall.