[cma-l] [CMA members] Proposed changes to Copyright Exemptions in respectof Music Licensing

[CMA-L]

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From: "Office - ccr-fm" <office at ccr-fm.co.uk>

Dear Sir

With reference to copyright.............our not-for-profit community radio
station does not have an issue with paying a small fee for
copyrights................what we do however have an issue with is the
bureaucracy that goes with it. We simply don't have the volunteers or staff
to constantly keep sending e-mails and letters full of survey figures.

It should simply be that you pay your fee, and if 10 people are listening so
be it.............if 1,010 are listening then bully for all of us !

The figures for a not for profit group are irrelevant as we are not making
money, profits, bonuses or shares out of those recordings.

It's quite simple really, but as always in this Country we have to make
everything damn well difficult.

Regards

Nick Wright    /   Frustrated Station Co-ordinator

-----Original Message-----
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [CMA members] Proposed changes to Copyright Exemptions in
respect of Music Licensing

Launch date: 1 July 2008
Closing date: 31 October 2008

The Government is launching a new consultation in respect of certain
copyright exemptions which apply to playing recorded music in public.

The Government is aware that some exemptions in the Copyright Designs
and Patents Act 1988 may not be working well in maintaining the
correct balance between the interests of music rights holders and
users. The sections to be reviewed are sections 67 and 72(1B)(a) and
paragraphs 15 and 18(1A)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Act. The Government
also proposes to repeal sections 128A and 128B which relate to the
operation of section 72.

The exemptions principally allow not-for-profit and charitable
organisations, in certain specific circumstances, to play copyright
sound recordings in public without being required to pay a licence fee
for use of those sound recordings or the performances they contain.

- Music Licensing Consultation Document PDF document:
http://tinyurl.com/5ozggj
- Music Licensing Consultation Document MS Word Document:
http://tinyurl.com/6cb65q

To assist users who may have an interest in this issue but are not
familiar with copyright law there is a short form of the document
highlighting the main points:

- Short form of Music Licensing Consultation Document PDF document:
http://tinyurl.com/5w7wh5
- Short form Music Licensing Consultation Document MS Word Document:
http://tinyurl.com/6jqcfk

How to respond:

The deadline for responses to this consultation is 31 October 2008.

Comments may be sent by post, e-mail or fax to:

Music Licensing Review
Copyright and Intellectual Property Enforcement Directorate
UK Intellectual Property Office
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP10 8QQ

E-mail: musiclicensingreview at ipo.gov.uk

Fax: +44 (0)1633 814922