Talk:GVL (copyright collection society)

GVL Article name

@Gobonobo: Hi thanks for input on Article title. After further research I think GVL (Music Copyright Collective will best define the target, see Copyright collective. I think this would help in staring the process of universally defining all Music Copyright Collectives across Wikipedia platform most of which have "reciprocal Deals" with each other such as SoundExchange, Phonographic Performance Company of Australia, PRS for Music etc... DJ888kmg (talk) 21:46, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DJ888kmg. I moved this article to the new title because the old title (GVL - Music Copyright Collection Society) did not conform to the manual of style. The policy for parenthetical disambiguation is at WP:ATDAB. I do agree that the best title is not the German name. I'm not finding a precedent for a disambiguator for this particular class of organisation, but as it is a member of Category:Music licensing organizations, it seemed a logical choice. I'm thinking GVL (copyright collection society), while less precise, may actually be the better option, given the translation and the ambiguous nature of the term 'collective'. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 04:38, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:gobonobo Thanks for the original move to conform with manual of style. GVL references itself as a Collective Management Organisation. However this doesn't define precisely what is is or does in respect of Copyright and leads to yet another acronym (CMO)!. So I support your move to GVL (Copyright Collection Society) for the time being - I think the macro view is it may need to include "Music Copyright Collective" or something similar that loses "Society", given society are usually not commercial operations which most of these Collection Entities are - but for time being I think it identifies the Target well in this instance. Thanks 95.148.1.64 (talk) 13:33, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]