Copyright Alliance Welcomes Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) as its Newest Member

January 4, 2017

Washington, D.C. The Copyright Alliance, which represents the copyright interests of over 1.8 million individual creators and more than 13,000 organizations across the spectrum of copyright disciplines, announced the addition of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) as its newest member.

Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, NSAI is the world’s largest not-for-profit songwriters trade association. Established in 1967, the organization has a membership of more than 5,000 active and professional members spanning the United States and foreign countries. NSAI is dedicated to protecting the rights of and serving aspiring and professional songwriters in all genres of music.

According to NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison, “We are very pleased to be joining the Copyright Alliance, and look forward to working with its staff and with fellow members on critical copyright-related interests that will enable us to further protect songwriters’ rights.”

According to Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid, “We are thrilled to welcome NSAI and its members to the Alliance’s community of copyright stakeholders. As the world’s largest not-for-profit songwriters trade organization dedicated to the songwriting profession, NSAI brings a wealth of knowledge and history in representing artists and artists’ rights Ð just as the Alliance is focusing on how we can best serve individual creators.”

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ABOUT THE COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE

The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest and educational organization representing the copyright interests of over 1.8 million individual creators and over 13,000 organizations in the United States, across the spectrum of copyright disciplines. The Copyright Alliance is dedicated to advocating policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright, and to protecting the rights of creators and innovators. For more information, please visit www.copyrightalliance.org.

For media inquiries, contact:

Eileen Bramlet

VP Communications

ebramlet@copyrightalliance.org

571.228.1906

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