Upsurge x Warner Chappell Music Masterclass: Copyright

This Upsurge masterclass is led by Liam Trappe, UK Copyright Manager at Warner Chappell Music. With over ten years at Warner Chappell in London and seven years prior at Ireland’s Performance Rights Organisation IMRO, Liam brings deep expertise in music publishing, copyright administration, and rights management. In this session, he unpacks how copyright works from a publisher’s perspective – covering ownership, splits, registrations, and how copyright drives revenue and protects your rights as a creator. Built for emerging musicians and artists, this session gives you the tools to understand and navigate one of the most important – and often misunderstood areas of the music industry.

This masterclass is for emerging musicians and artists based in Gloucester who are ready to take their music career seriously. Whether you’re releasing your first project, writing for other artists, or simply want to understand how your music earns money and how your rights are protected, this session will give you a clear and practical understanding of copyright from someone working at the highest level of the industry.

Liam Trappe is UK Copyright Manager at Warner Chappell Music, where he oversees the UK Copyright Department’s administration of all UK signed publishing agreements and provides copyright support to global affiliate offices. He is a major publisher designee on the PRS Operational Group and sits on the boards of both the Music Publishers Association Ireland (MPAI) and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ireland (MCPSI). With a career spanning nearly two decades across two of the music industry’s most respected rights organisations, Liam is one of the UK’s leading voices on music copyright and publishing administration.