Objectives

• To promote and develop a legitimate and viable music industry
• To promote and develop Filipino music to world class status and to penetrate the world market
• To protect copyright owners against the unauthorized use, reproduction and sale of music and sound recordings
• To maintain musical sound recordings as a medium that provides wholesome entertainment and positive values to the public
• To liaise, work and help the government for the betterment of the country in general and of the music industry in particular, such as in legislation

Certifications

Contributions and Actions

• Promulgated a Code of Ethics to maintain harmonious relationships among various sectors of the industry and to protect the public welfare
• Worked with the Legislative Branch of government to draft more sound copyright laws in line with GATT
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization . GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World...
  
   and the recent Trade-Related Issues on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
• Conducted raids on and prosecuted music pirates in collaboration with the PNP
  Philippine National Police
  The Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it does provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines...
  
  , NBI, CIS and the EIIB in order to address the increasing piracy of music
• Worked on a regular basis with the Executive Branch of government, such as the Department of Trade and Industry
  Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines)
  The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry , abbreviated as DTI is the executive department of the Philippine Government tasked to expand Philippine trade, industries and investments as the means to generate jobs and raise incomes for Filipinos...
  
  , Department of Tourism
  Department of Tourism (Philippines)
  The Department of Tourism is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination....
  
   and the Presidential Inter-Agency Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (PIAC-IPR) to attain government and industry objectives
• Represented both the music industry and the country in world for an organized by the likes of the World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
• Organized local and international concerts, competitions and festivals to promote Pilipino music both here and abroad, such as:
  • Awit Awards
    Awit Awards
    The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
    
    
  • Philippine International Songwriting Competition

Corporate

• Able Music International Incorporated (AMII)
• Alpha Music Corporation (AMC
• Dyna Music Entertainment Corporation (DMEC)
• Galaxy Records
• Ivory Music and Video Incorporated (IMVI)
• MCA Music Incorporated (MCA)
  Universal Music Group
  Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
  
  
• PolyEast Records Corporation (PERC)
  PolyEast Records
  PolyEast Records is a record label in the Philippines. It is the international licensee of EMI Internationa and is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.-History:...
  
  
• Praise Incorporated
• RGMA Marketing and Productions Inc./GMA Records
  GMA Records
  GMA Records, created in the last quarter of 2003, is a records company that releases music albums, and many of the albums have been platinum and gold record award albums. In 2005 GMA Records released a film titled "Let the Love Begin" on DVD and VCD, and when that was such a success they succeeded...
  
  
• Star Recording Incorporated (SRI)
  Star Records
  Star Records, referring loosely to two companies, Star Recording and Star Songs Music Publishing, is an ABS-CBN Entertainment Group company whose main lines of business include: producing, developing and distributing audio and video content; music publishing; events production and music artists...
  
  
• Universal Records Incorporated (URI)
  Universal Records (Philippines)
  Universal Records Philippines Inc. is a Filipino record label founded in 1977 as a part of Warner Music Group. Since 1992, it became independent.-History:URPI was founded in 1977 as WEA Records Philippines Inc...
  
  
• Vicor Music Corporation (VMC)
  Vicor Music Corporation
  Vicor Music Corporation is one of the major record labels in the Philippines with a tag-line as "The Home of Original Pilipino Music". Its office is located at 782 Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, Philippines. Established in 1965 by Vic Del Rosario and Orly Ilacad to produce record albums featuring...
  
  
• Viva Records Corporation (VRC)
  Viva Records (Philippines)
  VIVA Records is Philippine record label. It is subsidiary of VIVA Entertainment.- Artists & Album Releases :* 18 Greatest Hits ** Andrew E.** Basil Valdez ** Jun Pulistico...
  
  
• Warner Music Philippines Incorporated (WMPI)
  Warner Music Group
  Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
  
  

Associate

• Amtrust Leisure Corporation (ALC)
• Bellhaus Entertainment Incorporated (BEI)
• Business and Arts Incorporated (BAI)
• BWB Records and Music Productions Incorporated (BWB-RMPI)
• Candid Records Philippines Corporation (CRPC)
  Candid Records
  Candid Records was founded as a subsidiary of Archie Bleyer's Cadence label in New York City in 1960. The jazz writer and civil rights activist, Nat Hentoff, worked as the label's A&R director, aiming to create a representative catalog of the jazz of the day...
  
  
• Centra Music Mart (CMM)
• D'Concorde Recording Corporation (DCRC)
• Jesuit Communications Foundation Incorporated (JCFI, JesCom)
  Jesuit Communications Foundation
  Jesuit Communications Foundation, or JesCom, is involved in the production of audiovisual materials for evangelization and education. JesCom is the media arm of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus....
  
  
• MusiKatha Ministries Foundation Incorporated (MKMFI)
• Pineapple Riddims Recording Company (PRRC)
• Ride Records Asia Incorporated (RRAI
• RG Seven Creative Services Incorporated (RGSCSI)
• Shepherd's Voice Publications Incorporated (SVPI)
• Tobias Records
• Tony D'Men Music Productions (TDMMP)
• Viejo Marketing

External links

• Official Site