WIN supports independent music trade associations and their members navigate the complex and ever-changing world of international performance rights management. WIN Performance Rights Initiative was launched in 2012. Led by the WIN Secretariat together with a focus group of member record company experts, it provides assistance and resources to independent music trade associations and their members.
The WIN Performance Rights Group is comprised of neighboring rights experts from leading independent companies operating globally. It meets quarterly to exchange updates and share insights on international performance rights issues and advance relationships with collective management organizations (CMOs). The group provides essential expertise to the secretariat, helping our network understand technical and operational challenges worldwide.
WIN’s long-standing commitment to making the global performance rights system more transparent and accessible is reflected in a growing suite of practical resources, because every independent label, whatever its size or location, deserves a clear view of who the key players are and how revenues flow.
The MLC Directory compiles essential information on Music Licensing Companies worldwide, the CMOs responsible for distributing performance rights revenues to record labels. WIN members benefit from an enhanced version including contact details, applicable distribution rules, rights covered, qualification criteria, and the systems each MLC uses.
WIN also offers a concise two-page factsheet on the International Standard Recording Code, available in six languages, designed to help record labels, artists, and music professionals understand the importance of the ISRC and how to implement it correctly.
RDx is a joint-venture between WIN and IFPI. It is the industry data portal for the supply and exchange of performance rights repertoire data between record companies and Music Licensing Companies.
RDx launched in 2020 with 4 leading Music Licensing Companies (PPL, SENA, Re:Sound and Gramex Finland) and 4 independent and major record companies using the service. As of July 2026, data from hundreads of rightsholders is routinely sent to 21 leading record labels’ collective management organizations.
For full information, terms, and how to join, visit rdx-portal.org.
WIN is a member of DDEX, a standards setting organisation focused on the creation of digital value chain standards to make the exchange of data and information across the music industry more efficient.
WIN brings the independents’ perspective to various working groups to ensure standards are developed in harmony with the sector’s needs, in particular with the Recording Data and Rights (DDEX RDR).
For more information visit ddex.net.