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===International Music Registry===
In 2011, the International Music Registry (IMR) launched. This was a database headed by the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO).<ref name="transparency">{{cite journalweb |last1=Rethink Music |title=Transparency and Payment Flows in the Music Industry |pages=21–25 |url=https://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/Fair%20Music%20-%20Transparency%20and%20Payment%20Flows%20in%20the%20Music%20Industry.pdf |accessdateaccess-date=7May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223234155/https://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/Fair%20Music%20-%20Transparency%20and%20Payment%20Flows%20in%20the%20Music%20Industry.pdf |archive-date=December 201723, 2015}}</ref> IMR was a database not only for composition but also for recordings. [[Google]] agreed to fund WIPO early on, but WIPO broke their partnership after they thought the alliance would give Google too much power. Instead, WIPO tried to fund the project themselves. In-fighting among the different powerhouses like [[record label]]s and [[music publisher (popular music)|publishing houses]] caused the IMR to collapse.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hardy|first1=Phil|title=Nickels and Dimes: Music Publishing and How It Works|date=2013|publisher=A Division of Music Sales Limited|___location=14-15 Berners Street, London}}</ref>
===Global Repertoire Database===
The Global Repertoire Database was started by the PRS on September 2008.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Milosic|first1=Klementina|title=GRD's Failure|journal=Music Business Journal|date=August 2015}}</ref> This database had representatives from publishing houses, record labels, Google, [[iTunes]], Monifone, and had a total of 13 CMO’s: [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] (Australasia), ASCAP, BMI, BUMA, GEMA, PRS, [[STIM]] (Sweden), [[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique|SACEM]] (France), [[Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada|SOCAN]] (Canada), [[SABAM]] (Belgium), SGAE, [[SIAE]] (Italy) and [[Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição|UBC]] (Brazil). More than 80 organizations participated in the initiative.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smirke|first1=Richard|title=Global Repertoire Database HQ to be Based in London and Berlin|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1561367/global-repertoire-database-hq-to-be-based-in-london-and-berlin|accessdate=7 December 2017|date=May 12, 2013}}</ref> This database was never meant to be for public use, but as a Global Database for music industry major players.<ref>{{cite journal|last1name=Rethink"transparency" Music|title=Transparency and Payment Flows in the Music Industry|pages=21–25|url=https://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/Fair%20Music%20-%20Transparency%20and%20Payment%20Flows%20in%20the%20Music%20Industry.pdf|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref> Due to some CMOs pulling their support from the initiative, GRD went from having guaranteed financial support to having 8 million euros of [[investment]] scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cooke|first1=Chris|title=PRS confirms Global Repertoire Database "Cannot" Move Forward, Pledges to Find "Alternative Ways"|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/prs-confirms-global-repertoire-database-cannot-move-forward-pledges-to-find-alternative-ways/|website=Complete Music Updata|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>
== Current American attempts ==
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