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'''Music ownership databases''' are lists of the owners of [[Musical composition|compositions]] and the people who representsrepresent them. Often, a piece of music will have more than one owner. This is caused by [[Publishing contract]]s, co-writing, band contracts, label deals, and similar music contracts. Music ownership databases are created from the idea that with more transparency about the owners of musical compositions, the lower the costs become to create and use music. For example, a [[Derivative work|derivative license]] is needed when a portion of a piece of music is used in a different piece, which is a common practice in [[hip hop music]], among other genres. In American copyright laws, a derivative work must have permission from every owner of the original work. If it is not known who the original owner of the work was and artists use it anyway, then they can be sued for [[copyright infringement]]. A music ownership database, major industry players speculate, would eliminate this problem. This is apparent through the amount of time and money spent in attempting to create this database.

== Earlier attempts ==

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===RIAA and NMPA Database===

Soon after ASCAP and BMI announced their database, RIAA and NMPA came forward with the information that they have also been working on the database between their two organizations. RIAA and NMPA said they purposely excluded ASCAP and BMI because they believed inviting them would cause a hindrance to the overall goal.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sanchez|first1=Daniel|title=A US Congressman Just Called ASCAP+BMI's Shared Database a Scam|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/27/mic-coalition-ascap-bmi/|website=Digital Music News|accessdate=7 December 2017|date=2017-07-27}}</ref> At the same time, publishers in the music industry have expressed doubt about the ability of RIAA and NMPA to create a database without any CMOs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dredge|first1=Stuart|title=RIAA And NMPA Working On Their Own Song-Database Project|url=http://musically.com/2017/08/03/riaa-nmpa-working-song-database-project/|website=Musically|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>

== Current Tech Solutions ==

=== Blokur ===

Blokur, founded in 2017, has created a music copyright database to help music publishers get paid accurately through better rights data and music users to identify and clear rights. According to Blokur 70% of the music publishing sector uses Blokur to manage their rights and to benefit from automatic conflict reconciliation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dredge|first=Stuart|date=29 October 2019|title=Publishing-rights platform Blokur emerges from beta mode - Music Ally|url=https://musically.com/2019/10/29/publishing-rights-platform-blokur-emerges-from-beta-mode/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Musically}}</ref>

== References ==