PRS for Music
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PRS for Music is a UK-based collective management organization that licenses and collects royalties for the public performance and use of musical works on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PRS for Music canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11195744 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PRS for Music Context triple: [Judith Weir, memberOf, PRS for Music]
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A.
National Music Publishers Association
The National Music Publishers Association is a leading U.S. trade organization that represents and advocates for the interests of music publishers and their songwriting partners.
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B.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a major U.S. performing rights organization that protects the copyrights and manages the licensing and royalties of its songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.
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C.
Bundesverband Musikindustrie
The Bundesverband Musikindustrie is the German music industry association representing the interests of record companies and music producers in Germany.
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D.
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the trade association representing the UK’s recorded music industry, known for organizing the annual BRIT Awards and promoting British music domestically and internationally.
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E.
British Association of Record Dealers
The British Association of Record Dealers was a UK trade body representing record retailers, best known for founding and overseeing the prestigious Mercury Prize music award.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PRS for Music Target entity description: PRS for Music is a UK-based collective management organization that licenses and collects royalties for the public performance and use of musical works on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers.
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A.
National Music Publishers Association
The National Music Publishers Association is a leading U.S. trade organization that represents and advocates for the interests of music publishers and their songwriting partners.
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B.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a major U.S. performing rights organization that protects the copyrights and manages the licensing and royalties of its songwriter, composer, and music publisher members.
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C.
Bundesverband Musikindustrie
The Bundesverband Musikindustrie is the German music industry association representing the interests of record companies and music producers in Germany.
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D.
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the trade association representing the UK’s recorded music industry, known for organizing the annual BRIT Awards and promoting British music domestically and internationally.
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E.
British Association of Record Dealers
The British Association of Record Dealers was a UK trade body representing record retailers, best known for founding and overseeing the prestigious Mercury Prize music award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collective management organization
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copyright collection society ⓘ performing rights organization ⓘ |
| collectsFor |
compositions
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lyrics ⓘ musical works ⓘ |
| collectsRoyaltiesFrom |
digital service providers
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radio stations ⓘ retailers ⓘ television broadcasters ⓘ venues ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
MCPS
NERFINISHED
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PPL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributesRoyaltiesTo | members ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
MCPS-PRS Alliance
NERFINISHED
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Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Performing Right Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Performing Right Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1914 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
composer
ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | MCPS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
copyright management
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music industry ⓘ royalty collection ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom copyright law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | company limited by guarantee ⓘ |
| licenses |
broadcasting organizations
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business premises music use ⓘ live music events ⓘ online music services ⓘ public performance of music ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Republic of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| purpose |
collecting royalties
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distributing royalties ⓘ licensing musical works ⓘ |
| regulates |
broadcast use of music
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mechanical reproduction of music ⓘ online use of music ⓘ public performance of music ⓘ |
| serves |
composers
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music publishers ⓘ songwriters ⓘ |
| website | https://www.prsformusic.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PRS for Music Description of subject: PRS for Music is a UK-based collective management organization that licenses and collects royalties for the public performance and use of musical works on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.