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    },
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    },
    {
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      "name": "SESAC",
      "role": "Performing-rights organization (invitation-based)",
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      "jurisdiction": "US"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://globalmusicrights.com",
      "name": "Global Music Rights",
      "role": "Performing-rights organization for select writers",
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      "jurisdiction": "US"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.themlc.com",
      "name": "The Mechanical Licensing Collective",
      "role": "Administers blanket mechanical licenses for U.S. streaming",
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      "jurisdiction": "US"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.soundexchange.com",
      "name": "SoundExchange",
      "role": "Collects digital performance royalties for sound recordings",
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      "role": "Copyright registration and Copyright Royalty Board",
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      "jurisdiction": "US Federal"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.riaa.com",
      "name": "Recording Industry Association of America",
      "role": "Trade body and Gold/Platinum certifications",
      "acronym": "RIAA",
      "jurisdiction": "US"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.harryfox.com",
      "name": "Harry Fox Agency",
      "role": "Mechanical licensing and royalty administration",
      "acronym": "HFA",
      "jurisdiction": "US"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.bpi.co.uk",
      "name": "British Phonographic Industry",
      "role": "UK recorded-music trade body and certifications",
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      "jurisdiction": "UK"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.prsformusic.com",
      "name": "PRS for Music",
      "role": "UK performing- and mechanical-rights society",
      "acronym": "PRS",
      "jurisdiction": "UK"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisac.org",
      "name": "International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers",
      "role": "Global network of authors' collecting societies",
      "acronym": "CISAC",
      "jurisdiction": "International"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ifpi.org",
      "name": "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry",
      "role": "Global recorded-music trade body; ISRC agency",
      "acronym": "IFPI",
      "jurisdiction": "International"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "url": "https://www.copyright.gov/music-modernization/",
      "name": "U.S. Copyright Office — Music Modernization Act & Licensing"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ifpi.org",
      "name": "IFPI — About"
    }
  ],
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  "vertical": "music",
  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
  "record_count": 14,
  "what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
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    "url": "Official website",
    "name": "Official organization name",
    "role": "Primary function",
    "acronym": "Common acronym or short name",
    "jurisdiction": "Geography of operation"
  },
  "buyer_use_cases": [
    "Determine which organization to register with or pay for each royalty type and territory.",
    "Map rights-clearance workflows to the correct societies and trade bodies."
  ]
}