Monday 27th September 2010
MCPS and PPL join forces to launch multi-rights licensing scheme
MCPS (part of the PRS for Music group) and PPL have joined forces to re-launch the ‘Limited Manufacture Licence (LM)’ as a multi-rights licensing scheme, making it even easier and more convenient for customers to legitimately use commercial music in their audio-visual productions.
Available from September 23rd, the Limited Manufacture Licence grants ‘blanket’ permission for certain customers to use any commercially-released music in CDs, DVDs or videos. The licence will cover both the mechanical and sound recording copyrights.
The Limited Manufacture Licence – bought online at www.prsformusic.com/lm - is aimed at private individuals, sole traders or businesses that film wedding, christening, funeral and family holiday videos. The licence would also grant automatic music clearance for signed or unsigned band CDs and DVDs of school plays, amateur dramatics, voluntary or non-registered charities and community projects.
PRS for Music Marketing Manager, Darren Haynes, says “This licence is a great example of the two royalty collection societies working amicably together to create a solid, straightforward one-stop licensing shop, ensuring that music creators are duly paid for their work”
Head of Dubbing for PPL Richard Stewart says, “It’s great that the two societies have been able to come together and agree a blanket licence scheme to make licensing much simpler for individuals and small organisations.”.
This is the third initiative where MCPS and PPL have created collaborative licensing. In 2008, they teamed up to launch the ‘ProDub’ and ‘ProDub Fitness’ licences.
For more information, get in touch:
Nicola Formoy, Public Relations Manager:
nicola.formoy@prsformusic.com
02073064229 / 07539 837436
Clare Goldie, Press Officer:
Clare.goldie@ppluk.com
0207 5341121 / 07834 645268
PRS for Music:
PRS for Music represents 70,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. As a not-for-profit organisation it ensures creators are paid whenever their music is played, performed or reproduced; championing the importance of copyright to protect and support the UK music industry. The UK has a proud tradition of creating wonderful music that is enjoyed the world over and PRS for Music has been supporting the creators of that music since 1914.
PRS for Music provides business and community groups with easy access to over 10m songs through its music licences. In an industry worth £3.9bn PRS for Music is uniquely placed to be a voice for music and can provide data and comment for all aspects of the business: live, broadcast, sales, online, touring and music creation and up to date analysis, research and trends about the industry.
www.prsformusic.com
www.myspace.com/prsformusic