British Council Runs ‘Licensing & Copyright in the UK’ Workshop

As part of the British Council’s Selector PRO programme, Chris Cooke, a journalist and media entrepreneur from the UK, was invited to deliver a workshop on ‘Licensing and Copyright in the UK’ on 30 January for producers, musical events managers and journalists. The three-hour workshop was followed by a Question and Answer session where participants had the chance to get additional information about the issues raised and share their experience and challenges.

Chris Cooke is an editor, journalist and media entrepreneur. He is co-founder and MD of CMU, a company that helps people navigate and understand the music business. It does this through media like the CMU Daily bulletin, Set list podcast and CMU Trends library; through consultancy unit CMU Insights with its training courses, conference sessions and research reports; and through education programme CMU:DIY, which supports early-career artists and future industry talent. Of the Tbilisi workshop, Cooke said: “It’s great to meet people who are members of the music industry working with arts and songwriters in Georgia. Back in the UK, we believe everyone should know the basics of copyright.”

The British Council Programme Selector PRO aims to share the UK experience of managing in the music industry in order for Georgian professionals to build on the existing knowledge and enhance their skills in the management of the music industry. The idea for Selector PRO  evolved out of the Selector radio show produced by the British Council, which has been bringing the best new music from the UK to Georgian audiences since 2010 through Radio Green Wave (FM 107.4) and features exclusive live sessions, mixes and interviews with some of the most exciting British artists, covering styles of music from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, electro and everything in between.