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MPA welcomes & signs the IPO’s Metadata Agreement

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On Wednesday 31st May, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) UK announced their UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata.

The UK industry agreement on music streaming metadata sets out a positive commitment from players across the music streaming industry to improve metadata on music streaming services in the UK. It includes:

  • shared ambition to progressively improve metadata in new recordings and consistent crediting on streaming services over a two-year period
  • agreement to take steps to ensure a core data set is associated with all new recordings
  • agreement to follow and promote good practice in industry
  • agreement to establish and support expert working groups on education and technical solutions to drive forward further improvements during the two-year period

Read the Metadata Agreement here

Paul Clements, CEO, MPA said: 

Ross Greening, Senior Vice President,
European Regional Administration 

and Global Copyright/Society Relations,
Universal Music Publishing Group said:

Matt Phipps-Taylor, Chief Information Officer,
peermusic said:

Scott Farrant, Head of Industry Affairs and Society Relations,
Kobalt Music said:

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