India's music authors copyright society, the Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS), has been welcomed back as a CISAC member after two of years of reform.IPRS was temporarily expelled from CISAC in 2016 after a compliance review by CISAC found serious shortcomings and lack of compliance with CISAC's rules. That decision, taken by CISAC's Board of Directors and General Assembly, has now been reversed following the improvements made in the society's governance.Since 2016 and for over 2 years, CISAC has been working with IPRS to monitor, guide and help the society improve its operations and align it to global best practices in corporate governance, transparency, licensing, collections and distribution of royalties.CISAC has also noted that the Government of India has granted registration to IPRS once again under the Indian copyright law. Major reforms have taken place and further action will be made in the year ahead as part of a CISAC Development Review. The review is a scheme .
