Rupert Hine

English producer, singer, songwriter and keyboard player, who has been recording and releasing music under his own name, or in bands, since the mid-1960s.

Born: 21st September 1947 Wimbledon, London, UK

Died: 4th June 2020 UK

Advocate of the music industry, chairing the songwriters' committee of the British Association of Songwriters, Composers and Arrangers (BASCA) and sat on the Ivor Novello Awards committee. With tech writer and entrepreneur Alan Graham, he set up One-Click Licence (OCL) to make copyright compatible with technology. OCL created the app NDiiD and the Totem service which deals with the issue of monetising and tracking User Generated Content.