The Copyright Act provides that, anyone who wishes to use music (see F.A.Q. for info on copyright) for types of rights clearance associated with different music usage) need to first seek the permission of the copyright owners, namely the composers, lyricists and music publishers. This may involve contacting numerous parties living in different parts of the world – wasting precious time, effort and money.

Similarly, it will be difficult and time consuming for the copyright owners to monitor and track usage of their works in various parts of the world.

With COMPASS, music users and copyright owners need to go through only one single point of contact. Music users need only obtain the COMPASS Licence which allows them to play a wide range of musical works in public – fast, convenient and reliable. At the same time, copyright owners can rest assured that their rights are protected, and they will be duly rewarded for usage of their works.