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  • PROTECTING THE MUSIC WE LOVE
    Honouring the works of our artistes and ensuring the rightful owners are compensated.
  • ENHANCING FAIR PRACTICES
    IN MUSIC COPYRIGHT INDUSTRY
    An environment that advocates copyright is vital to a sustainable industry.
  • ENFORCING COPYRIGHTS FOR
    ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS
    Ensuring the rightful owners of digital music are compensated so we can continue to enjoy the music we love.
MUSIC RIGHTS (SINGAPORE) PUBLIC LIMITED

MRSS is the collective management organisation (CMO) established to collect music and music video copyrights on behalf of its members who are music producers. It works closely with the Recording Industry Association of Singapore (RIAS).

MRSS is the official administrator of copyright licences for all commercial uses of recorded music and music videos.

Sound Recordings

A sound recording is the recorded version of a musician singing or playing a musical work. A sound recording is an original work of authorship that “results from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds” in a tangible medium of expression. In general, a sound recording is a recorded performance.

Public Performance of Sound Recordings

Playing music in a commercial setting is a public performance of that sound recording.

Reproduction of Sound Recordings

When you make a physical or digital copy of a sound recording into a CD, USB or any other digital devices for the purpose of playing that music.

Music Videos

A music video is a cinematograph film comprised in the repertoire and in which the copyright in Singapore is owned by and/or exclusively licensed and controlled by a record company represented by MRSS.

Public Performance of Music Videos

The screening in public of music videos, such as an entertainment outlet, restaurant, retail shop and shopping mall.

Reproduction of Music Videos

An entertainment outlet such as a karaoke or a pub that plays videos-on-demand on a TV monitor for its patrons. This applies to any form of music videos that have been re-recorded and reproduced onto a hard disc or a computerized storage system.

Karaoke

A karaoke video is a cinematograph film comprised in the repertoire and in which the copyright in Singapore is owned by and/or exclusively licensed and controlled by a record company represented by MRSS.

Public Performance of Karaoke

The screening in public of karaoke videos, such as an entertainment outlet, restaurant, retail shop and shopping mall.

Reproduction of Karaoke

An entertainment outlet such as a karaoke or a pub that plays videos-on-demand on a TV monitor for its patrons. This applies to any form of karaoke videos that have been re-recorded and reproduced onto a hard disc or a computerized storage system.

Karaoke / Music Videos for Home

Retailers for home karaoke systems which content have been licensed by MRSS.

 

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Simulcasting and Webcasting

A licence is required from MRSS for the following:

  1. Transmission of Music Videos on Cable /IPTV and over the Internet
  2. Transmission of linear audio content over the Internet
  3. Re-recording and Reproduction of karaoke videos and other music videos on Cable /IPTV
Radio and TV Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the transmitting of audio or video content to a broad audience via any electronic mass communications medium and simultaneous reception by a scattered audience with appropriate receiving apparatus. Broadcasts may be audible only, as in radio, or visual or a combination of both, as in television.

What is Copyright?

Copyright protects works like literary, computer programs, plays, music and paintings. It is not ideas but their expression that are protected by copyright law. Generally, the author of a copyrighted work has the right to reproduce, publish, perform, communicate and adapt his work. These different exclusive rights form the bundle of rights that we refer to as copyright. These rights enable a copyright owner to control the commercial exploitation of his work.

OUR MUSIC LABELS

MRSS is authorised by the record companies that it represents to administer their rights and to grant the relevant licenses. The full list of record labels here.

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Brocita Enterprise
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EQ Music
Revolution Music Group
Forward Music
Funkie Monkies Productions
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KRU Singapore
Life Records
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Ocean Butterfly
Rock Records
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Universal Music
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About MRSS

Official administrator of copyright licences for all commercial uses of recorded music and music videos.

Address
  • 3 Irving Road #05-01/02,
    Tai Seng Centre, Singapore 369522

  • (+65) 6475 1181

  • enquiry@mrss.com.sg

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