As the global music industry continues to grapple with fragmented data and complex rights management, PPL’s CIO Mark Douglas reflects on how RDx is helping reshape the landscape. In an op-ed for Music Business Worldwide, he explores RDx’s first five years – charting its growth from a bold industry collaboration to a core piece of infrastructure powering cleaner metadata, faster payments and more transparent global distribution.
Mark discusses the platform’s rapid expansion, the benefits it is delivering for both major and independent rightsholders, and the work still needed to build a truly unified global repertoire picture.
“RDx isn’t just a tech upgrade, it’s a fundamental shift in how the music industry handles data,” Mark writes. “By simplifying processes, resolving conflicts early, and enabling global collaboration, RDx is helping ensure that recording rightsholders and performers get paid accurately and promptly.”
