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After the Copyright Royalty Board sets compulsory-license rates for works this fall, groups will be preparing to lobby in an attempt to revise the process for obtaining such licenses next year. But a new group of independent music publishers from Nashville is thinking about forming their own indie group if they feel the National Music Publisher's Assn (NMPA). is not representing their best interests. This idea came about after a bill revising came close to passing in the House and Senate that would have given the Harry Fox Agency the right to be the primary administrator of a new blanket license for digital uses of all compositions under the compulsory license. The indie publishers in Nashville are worried that an administrator would not distribute the royalties regularly and that could possibly put these companies out of business. They want to make sure that there is a group letting their needs be heard. The NMPA is trying to assure that they are doing their best to let everyone's voice be heard.