IMARA is the global advocacy organisation for the rights of music performers.
“We set up IMARA so that music performers can get a fair remuneration from streaming, AI and audiovisual exploitation of their performances. Right now, music performers are being exploited unfairly. Music artists’ performances are being scraped by AI, without compensation and without consent. Session musicians receive no royalties from streaming, while most of the featured artists cannot make a living out of it. And, the possibility for music performers to be remunerated for the exploitation of their performances in audiovisual content is challenged.”
Annie Morin
Chair of IMARA
David Dubé a.k.a. DaVincy ARTISTI @longlife_photography et @HITstory.official
IMARA has been set up by the Collective Management Organisations which license and manage the rights of music performers globally. We see directly the inequity in the royalty payments to the music artists and session musicians who make the music we love to listen to. Their performances are used in streaming, AI, audiovisual content and other primary and secondary uses with little or no remuneration.
IMARA will defend, expand and improve the rights of music performers, in the music and audiovisual sectors worldwide.
Fotke Baljak HUZIP @Filip Kovačević
ABOUT
The International Musical Artists Rights Alliance (IMARA) is an international organization founded by leading Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) which license and manage the rights of music performers globally. Established in 2025, IMARA wants to lead the efforts to ensure that Music Performers receive fair remuneration from streaming, AI, and audiovisual exploitation of their performances globally.
Music is the deepest form of connection and the ever-present and intimate soundtrack of your life. And yet, its creators are often the most disconnected from the fruits of their efforts. The music you enjoy will be created and reproduced by artists you know and love collaborating with musicians whose names you will never know. They create the background to your every moment, but they are often denied fair remuneration for their work, especially in the digital world. By creating IMARA we decided to put an end to that.
IMARA works with WIPO, governments, and creative industry partners to strengthen the protection and promotion of performers’ rights. We are the global voice for music performers, providing expert advice, supporting collective management, and advocating for fair remuneration from Streaming, AI, and Audiovisual uses.
IMARA’s members include 22 CMOs from across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific: ACTRA (Canada), AIE (Spain), ADAMI (France), APOLLON (Greece), APPA (Vietnam), ARTISTI (Canada), CPRA (Japan), EEL (Estonia), EJI (Hungary), ERATO (Cyprus), FKMP (Korea), GDA (Portugal), HUZIP (Croatia), NUOVO IMAIE (Italy), PI (Serbia), PLAYRIGHT (Belgium), RAAP (Ireland), RPM (Malaysia), SAMI (Sweden), SAWP (Poland), SPEDIDAM (France), and STOART (Poland).
Together, we manage the rights of 500,000+ performers. Join the movement, re-compose the future!
IMARA is dedicated to amplifying the voices of music performers by defending and advancing their rights worldwide. We will pursue justice, fairness, and recognition for all music performance artists globally.