ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, kˈoʊplənd fˈaʊndᵻd fɹʌntˈɪɹ bˈʊkɪŋ ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl ˌɛfbˌiːˈaɪ ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, ɐ tˈælənt ˈeɪdʒənsi ðæt ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd mˈɛnɪəv ðə pɹəmˈɪɹ nˈuː wˈeɪv ˈækts ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə bˈiː fˈɪfti tˈuː z, ðə kjˈʊɹ, ðə pəlˈiːs, sˈɪmpəl mˈaɪndz, ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ bˈiːt, ænd ðə ɡˌoʊɡˈoʊz.
In 1979, Copeland founded Frontier Booking International (FBI) in New York, a talent agency that represented many of the premier new wave acts of the 1980s, including the B-52's, The Cure, The Police, Simple Minds, The English Beat, and The Go-Go's.