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The MCPS is one of the most important licensing and collection bodies in the music industry. It plays many roles in the industry and is vital in managing so much music, as it has been seen that music publishing is more profitable than selling records nowadays. MCPS's historical development, aims, purpose and functions within the music industry The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, or MCPS, was set-up in 1924 from a merger between Mecolico (Mechanical Copyright Licenses Co Ltd- set-up in 1910 in anticipation of the Copyright Act of 1911) and CPS (Copyright Protection Society Ltd- set-up in 1911). The MCPS is owned by the MPA (Music Publishers' Association Ltd). The MCPS is a non-profit organisation set-up to represent composers, music publishers and songwriters. It is know as a collection society because its main tasks are to collect and distribute royalties to its members. (www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/docsrepository/1288/) It collects money from music users in the...

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