The licence required depends on:
- overall importance of music to the covermount (e.g. compilation album versus nature documentary)
- format (magazine or newspaper)
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AP7 |
G17 |
AP7N |
GI7N |
| Music is |
Primary content (e.g. music CDs) |
Not primary content (e.g. TV nature documentary) |
Primary content (e.g. music CDs) |
Not primary content (e.g. TV nature documentary) |
| Rate |
6.5% x base price x quantity to be manufactured |
Depends on music used – learn more
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6.5% x base price x quantity to be manufactured |
Depends on music used – learn more
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Base Prices for AP7/AP7N
50% of magazine cover price (must be based on a minimum of £1.65 even if this sum is not equal to 50% of the cover price)
50% of newspaper cover price (must be based on a minimum of £1.10 even if this sum is not equal to 50% of the cover price)
Apply for an AP7 or AP7N licence
Customers need to apply and pay for an AP7/AP7N licence before manufacture of the product can begin.
- Apply for anAP7 (magazine) licence or anAP7N (newspaper) licence at least 28 days before manufacture
- We send an invoice plus licence with full terms and conditions (within ten days of receiving the application)
- Customer pays invoice (within seven days of the issue date)
- Manufacture can begin
Costs for GI7/GI7N
Magazine GI7 cost breakdown
| Repertoire works* |
0.375p per track x units |
1.35p per track x units |
| Commissioned† less than 50% |
0.75p |
2.7p |
Commissioned greater than 50%
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1.5p |
5.4p |
Newspaper GI7N cost breakdown
| Repertoire works* |
0.25p per track x units |
0.90p per track x units |
| Commissioned† <50% |
0.5p |
1.8p |
Commissioned >50%
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1p |
3.6p |
* A Musical Work, the copyright in which is owned or controlled in the United Kingdom by MCPS (or an MCPS member or an affiliated society or an affiliated society member).
† A Musical Work, specially and expressly commissioned from composer/writer members of MCPS for inclusion in the specific audio-visual material contained on a particular Product.
Apply for a GI7 or GI7N licence
Customers need to apply and pay for a GI7/GI7N licence before manufacture of the product can begin.
- Apply for a GI7 (magazine) licence or anGI7N (newspaper) licence at least 28 days before manufacture
- We send an invoice plus licence with full terms and conditions (within ten days of receiving the application)
- Customer pays invoice (within seven days of the issue date)
- Manufacture can begin
Minimum requirements for licences
| CD/DVD must be bagged/affixed to the publication |
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| No third party association (parties other than copyright owners and publication) |
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| Visuals to be artists/composer related |
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| Music used must be referred/reviewed in the magazine |
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| Copyright owner’s approval is required for CDs containing two or more tracks by the same recording artist/writer/song writing partnership (where recording’s first commercial release is within the 24 months preceding the intended distribution date of the cover mount) |
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Forms and terms and conditions
Other licences you may need