Alison Hook has been named Senior Vice President, Sampling and Copyright Infringement, UK & Worldwide, at Sony Music Publishing.
In her new position, Hook will oversee the corporate’s sampling and copyright infringement issues, and additional strengthen relationships with societies within the UK and internationally.
Hook is tasked with modernizing the sampling course of to make sure environment friendly royalty and credit score processing.
She is predicated within the firm’s UK workplace and experiences to David Ventura, President & Co-Managing Director, UK, SVP Worldwide, and Tim Main, Co-Managing Director, UK, Sony Music Publishing.
Ventura and Main took on their co-roles in 2019.
Hook’s profession on the firm spans over 25 years, and in that point she has performed an “integral” position within the success of Sony Music Publishing throughout this subject, it says.
She established a web based pattern clearance information, which helped streamline the clearance course of for newcomers, de-mystify clearance for customers and clarified definitions of copyright infringement.
Hook was additionally carefully concerned with the event of the present PRS/MCPS guidelines on copyright infringement claims, and the required supporting documentation of an unbiased professional musicologist’s report, to make sure swift processing of claims.
“Sampling is a staple device in songwriting throughout many musical genres.”
Alison Hook
Alison Hook, mentioned: “Sampling is a staple device in songwriting throughout many musical genres.
“I’m excited to be working on this revolutionary position, during which our sampling technique shall be aligned globally, maximising our effectivity for each Sony’s songwriters and people in search of to pattern our repertoire.
“I stay up for working much more carefully with our gifted groups around the globe.”
“Alison’s elevation throughout the firm is pivotal in our relentless efforts to enhance our service to songwriters.”
David Ventura and Tim Main, Sony Music Publishing U.Ok.
David Ventura and Tim Main, mentioned: “Alison’s elevation throughout the firm is pivotal in our relentless efforts to enhance our service to songwriters.
“All of us have seen the explosion of sampling exercise within the final years, which has change into key in how music is made by new music creators.
“This new position is tailor made for Alison, who has by no means stopped defending songwriters’ pursuits for the final twenty years.
“Her expertise, professionalism and equity make her a one-of-a-kind senior govt and we’re fortunate to work together with her.”
“Alison has been the most effective at what she does for a few years.”
Man Henderson, Sony Music Publishing
Man Henderson, President, Worldwide, Sony Music Publishing mentioned: “Alison has been the most effective at what she does for a few years.
“Having steered and contributed to our worldwide territories for a lot of that point, I’m thrilled that Alison will now formally be a part of our worldwide staff.
“With new sounds coming from an increasing and more and more various music world, Alison’s data and expertise shall be essential to all of us.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
