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Limited Online Music Licence (LOML)

Limited Online Music Licence – for small online services

LOML is perfect for small online services offering music or general entertainment content to the UK public where the revenue generated by the service is less than £12,500 per year.

 

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Costs

Annual licences start at £118 +VAT. If you know you will only use music for part of the year you can choose to be charged pro-rata for the relevant months, down to a minimum charge of £59 (excluding VAT).

Please note: We cannot issue refunds if you pay for your licence and then change your plans. 

Specific licences available within LOML:

 
Limited download/on demand streaming service
(per annum costs)
Users can stream specific tracks on an on demand basis, or access limited (aka ‘tethered’) downloads of tracks on demand
     

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<45,000 streams*

 

£235 (+VAT)

<90,000 streams*

 

£588 (+VAT)

<225,000 streams*

 

£882 (+VAT)

<340,000 streams*

£1,176 (+VAT)

<450,000 streams*

*per annum

 
Pure webcasting service
(per annum costs)
Continuous, programmed webcasts. Users cannot interact
e.g. pause, fast forward, skip tracks or influence
output by rating tracks

     

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<180,000 streams*

 

£235 (+VAT)

<360,000 streams*

 

£588 (+VAT)

<900,000 streams*

 

£882(+VAT)

<1,350,000 streams*

£1,176 (+VAT)

<1,800,000 streams*

*per annum

 
Premium and Interactive Webcasting service
(per annum costs)
User can interact e.g. skip tracks, pause, fast-forward etc,
but not select specific tracks on-demand
     

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<115,000 streams*

 

£235(+VAT)

<230,000 streams*

 

£588 (+VAT)

<575,000 streams*

 

£882 (+VAT)

<865,000 streams*

£1,176 (+VAT)

<1,150,000 streams*

*per annum

Permanent download service
(per annum costs) 
Users can download tracks on a permanent basis
           

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<2,200 downloads*

 

£235 (+VAT)

<4,400 downloads*

 

£588 (+VAT)

<11,000 downloads*

 

£882 (+VAT)

<16,500 downloads*

£1,176 (+VAT)

<22,000 downloads*

*per annum

Music podcasting service
(per annum costs) 
A downloadable, audio only programme that contains both music
and speech and where the podcast cannot be disaggregated
into its individual tracks

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<68,000 downloads*

 

£235 (+VAT)

<136,000 downloads*

 

£588 (+VAT)

<340,000 downloads*

 

£882 (+VAT)

<510,000 downloads*

£1,176 (+VAT)

<680,000 downloads*

  *per annum
   
General Entertainment: Limited Download/On Demand Streaming Service (per annum costs) 
     

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<3,250 music hours streamed

 

£235 (+VAT)

<6,500 music hours streamed

 

£588(+VAT)

<16,250 music hours streamed

 

£882 (+VAT)

<24,375 music hours streamed

£1,176 (+VAT)

<32,500 music hours streamed


 
General Entertainment: Permanent Download Service (per annum costs) 
     

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

£118 (+VAT)

<180 music hours downloaded 

 

£235 (+VAT)

<360 music hours downloaded

£588(+VAT)

<900 music hours downloaded

 

£882 (+VAT)

<1,350 music hours downloaded

£1,176 (+VAT)

<1,800 music hours downloaded

 
  
Clips service (per annum costs)
     

Band AA

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

 £59 (+VAT)

1-250 clips*

£118 (+VAT)

251-500 clips*

£235 (+VAT)

501-1,000 clips*

£588 (+VAT)

1,001 - 2,500 clips*

£882 (+VAT)

2,501 - 3,750 clips*

£1,176 (+VAT)

3,751 - 5,000 clips*

*Made available at any one time

Application process and reporting

1. Choose from the range of online licences
2. Confirm you will make less than £12,500 gross from these services
3. Apply for and buy your licence online
4. No reporting required but you will need to submit a usage declaration form after 12 months.

 

Other rights

MCPS offer licenses for the use of Musical Works, on behalf of music publishers - a licence for the use of the Sound Recording must also be sought from the company that owns the sound recording – usually a record company.  Please contact Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) in order to establish who owns the Sound Recording that you would like to use.

 

Forms and terms and conditions


Summary terms and conditions

Limited GEOL terms and conditions

LOML 2012 terms and conditions
 

 
Card types accepted

We accept the following debit/
credit card types:

Maestro  Visa Debit (Delta)  Visa Electron 
Solo  Mastercard  Visa

 
 
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