Merlin 10th Anniversary Impact Report

Thanks to Merlin being the licensing body for the independent sector, many more record labels and distributors have been able to participate in the astronomical expansion in adoption of digital music services all over the world…Thanks to Merlin, independents have not been locked out of the catalogues of music services just because they lack the scale to cut deals. If Merlin had not been established, numerous independent labels would simply have disappeared from sight as streaming overtook purchasing.