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===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|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</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 beto be for public use, but as a Global Database for music industry major players<ref>{{cite journal|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|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|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 ==

===Transparency of Music License Ownership Act===