The Society Publisher Forum is a joint initiative of CISAC and ICMP and is supported by the AIMP, IMPA and IMPF representing publishers.
 

The SPF is the forum to design and promote services developed for Publishers and delivered either directly by CISAC or via Societies. These services have the common goals of improving accuracy and transparency of musical works documentation.

Its purpose is to determine, align, and improve the rights management lifecycle, including copyright, registration, disputes, licensing support, collection and distribution of royalties, stretching from the writer to the licensee:

• Specification, Commissioning and Recommendation of Common Standards (Best practices, File Formats and Choreographies, and Business Rules to manage the Common Standards)
• Adoption and Implementation Reporting on the agreed and refined Common Standards
• Promotion of the Common Standards
• Discussion of the impact of industry developments and emerging technologies (e.g. chatbots, AI, NFTs)