Neighbouring rights may not be the flashiest part of the music industry, but it stakes a bold claim as one of its most important. Here, in a special report, we gather a selection of the key players to debate the fall-out from the 2020s NR boom, talk international expansion and look ahead to the future of a sector that just won’t stand still...

WORDS: JAMES HANLEY 

The neighbouring rights boom was one of the music industry’s great unsung success stories ...