PRS for Music Limited (formerly
The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited) is a UK copyright
collection society and
performance rights organisation undertaking
collective rights management for musical works. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 as the MCPS-PRS Alliance, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the Performing Right Society (PRS). The "PRS for Music" brand was adopted in 2009.