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SIAE - Italian Authors and Publishers Association
  
SIAE is the Italian Authors and Publishers Association. Its role as an institution is to protect copyrights. SIAE manages the works of its approximately 85,000 members, ensuring that appropriate compensation is paid to writers and publishers each time a work is used. It serves as a single point of contact for culture. In a world characterized by an increasingly dizzying circulation of works, SIAE acts on behalf of writers and producers in radio and television, record publishers, concert organizers, theatrical producers, and publishers to liaise with all those who spread culture at any level and through any means. Basically, it serves as go-between for anyone using original works in order to ensure payment of copyright to the creator of each piece.  

 

PMI - Indipendent Musical Producers

  
PMI (Independent Musical Producers) is the new association that brings together Italian music entrepreneurs to support rights for independent production in order to provide richer and more diversified musical offerings than those created under the logic of the multinationals. PMI is convinced that current changes have thus far have been viewed solely as a threat, without recognizing the new opportunities that they offer for reviving entrepreneurship in Italian music.
  

 

AIE - Italian Publisher Associationi

  
AIE is a trade association of Italian publishers (and foreign publishers who operate in Italy) of books, magazines, and digital publishing products. It is a member of Confindustria. In Italy it represents businesses that produce and manage content, independent of the format in which it is delivered, and today is an attentive and up-to-date watchdog that monitors the cultural and educational scene in Italy as well as current trends. AIE's goals include representing and protecting publishers and facilitating professional growth, but also promoting initiatives that help contribute to the spread of Italian books and culture in Italy and around the world.
  

 

FPM - Federazione Against Music Piracy

  
 The FPM was founded in January of 1996. The idea was promoted by the IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, an international agency headquartered in London, and FIMI, the Italian Musical Industry Federation, with the specific goal of fighting music piracy through awareness-raising and informational campaigns. With offices in Milan, the FPM monitors the market to identify cases of piracy, reporting them to the police and the courts, working collaboratively on technical aspects throughout the country, and ensuring adequate visibility to anti-piracy operations. FPM pairs these efforts with a string of advertising and communications initiatives intended for the distribution channel and to inform consumers about the risks and dangers of illegal products.
  

 

IFPI - International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

  
IFPI represents the recording industry worldwide, with a membership comprising some 1,400 record companies in 73 countries and affiliated industry associations in 48 countries. IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music in all markets where its members operate.
  

 

IMPALA - Indipendent Music Companies Associations

  
IMPALA was established in April 2000 at the initiative of prominent independent labels and national trade associations. It is an international non profit-making organisation with a scientific and artistic purpose. Impala has over 4,000 members including top independents and national trade associations.
  

 

FIMI

  
FIMI, the Italian Musical Industry Federation, was founded in 1992. It belongs to Confindustria and IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, and it represents the largest production and distribution companies in the record industry, for a total of over 2,500 brands including some of the world's most famous. FIMI defends and promotes activities linked to the record industry.