Press releases

26 July 2011

Traffic Lights: Creating a distinction between legal and illegal content online

“Traffic Lights” is an industry-led, non-legislative concept to signal the status of a site to users, creating a clear distinction between legal and illegal content. They build upon existing tools that allow users to assess a website and its potential risks before they download from it.

Traffic Lights can help meet the consumer education requirements of the Digital Economy Act 2010 and deliver Government proposals to empower the consumer to make better choices. The scheme sits as part of a complementary package of voluntary, legislative, and judicial measures, all aimed at tackling online copyright infringement.

Read the full proposal.

For more information, get in touch:

Nicola Formoy, Public Relations Manager
nicola.formoy@prsformusic.com
02073064229 / 07539 837436

Barney Hooper, Head of PR
barney.hooper@prsformusic.com
02073064548 / 07979 757052

PRS for Music
PRS for Music represents 80,000 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.