Digital Covermounts

Digital Covermounts : Trial, non-precedential short term licence

The agreed rate position for digital music covermounts will run until the end of 2011. This is a short-term trial rate which is valued at 50% of the AP7 and AP7N licensing schemes offered by MCPS, non-precedential.

This is a joint MCPS and PRS licence covering both the mechanical and performing rights.

The same methodology for calculating rates under AP7 and AP7N is used to calculate fees for digital music covermounts and then the resulting value is halved. By way of example, the following demonstrates this calculation:

	AP7	AP7N
Music use	Primary content (e.g. music CDs)	Primary content (e.g. music CDs)
Rate	6.5% x base price x circulation of publication	6.5% x base price x circulation of publication
Digital Covourmout Fee:	Rate x 50%	Rate x 50%

Base Prices for Digital Covermounts

50% of magazine cover price (subject to a minimum of £1.65 even if this sum is not equal to 50% of the cover price).

50% of newspaper cover price (subject to a minimum of £1.10 even if this sum is not equal to 50% of the cover price).

Track Limit

The upper track limit is 15. The Base Price is uplifted by the royalty rate (6.5%) for each track over the 15.

A separate licensing approach is used for general entertainment digital covermounts.

Download the Digital Covermount application form.