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| | International: FastTrack |
 | | FastTrack is the alliance of five founding societies BMI (United States), GEMA (Germany), SACEM (France), SGAE (Spain), SIAE (Italy), and seven societies welcomed to the international alliance since its founding in September 2000; AKM (Austria), ASCAP (United States), BUMA-STEMRA (Netherlands), MCPS-PRS Alliance (United Kingdom), SABAM (Belgium), SOCAN (Canada), and SUISA (Switzerland). |
 | | The use of the FastTrack decentralized information, communication, licensing and distribution systems will increase efficiency in day-to-day business processes, and improve the management of the operations of the members of FastTrack to their own benefit and their users’ benefit. |
 | | FastTrack is firmly committed to the respect for the sovereignty, national and cultural identity of its constituent societies. |
| www.bmi.com /international/fasttrack_about.asp (424 words) |
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