[cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation

[Paul Golder]

> To the best of my knowledge PPL and PRS do indeed increase their fees by
inflation each year - but I'll put this to them to check.

Happy to be corrected on this.  But I know we have had practically zero
inflation for over a year now (
http://www.rateinflation.com/inflation-rate/uk-inflation-rate) and I don't
recall having a zero increase, but who knows.

>  Furthermore, the licensing agencies are charged with maximising income
to their members - and their members would not stand for reducing their
income. A proposal such as this would have to be passed by a resolution
from their members.

PRS and community radio is a ridiculous exercise - I get local artists give
me their PRS number because we play their music, but I doubt they get more
than 1/100 of a penny of the £700ish a year I give PRS.

We play a lot of music from emerging artists but I suppose the majority of
our PRS goes to Ed Sheeran, Adele, Justin Bieber etc, who we play very
little of!

> Apart from the general principle of why they are collecting from
non-profit stations as others have raised, I would like to ask for the
justification for extra charges for Internet streaming and, in particular,
why they demanded fees for the Low power DAB experiment/pilots.

Good point and I second this.  It's not like anyone would be listening to
FM and the internet (and even DAB) at the SAME time, so why charge us extra?

Cheers
Paul


On 10 February 2016 at 18:36, Clive Glover <clivegloveruk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill
>
> Apart from the general principle of why they are collecting from
> non-profit stations as others have raised, I would like to ask for the
> justification for extra charges for Internet streaming and, in particular,
> why they demanded fees for the Low power DAB experiment/pilots.
>
> We were all ready to apply for the DAB pilot but changed our mind when we
> realised we would have to fork out more than £2,000 to copyright bodies -
> money we don't have and for absolutely no benefit to us or our audience and
> local community.
>
> Good luck!
>
> regards,
>
> Clive Glover
>
> Radio Verulam 92.6FM
>
> St Albans
>
> On 10 Feb 2016, at 17:19, Bill Best wrote:
>
> Hi Nick
>
> Thanks for your message.
>
> It was a typo and a correction as issued.
>
> We are meeting with PPL and PRS this *Friday 12th February 2016*.
>
> Link here for your feedback:
>
> *http://bit.ly/pplprs <http://bit.ly/pplprs>*
>
> I've got September on my mind as we are also planning the 2016 Community
> Media Conference - news of this will be imminent. Watch this space!
>
> Best regards
>
> Bill
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> On 10 February 2016 at 17:01, Canalside's The Thread <
> office at thethread.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Is the meeting 12th Feb or 12th Sept ?   it says September on the form ?
>>
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>> *Subject:* [cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation
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>> The Community Media Association is meeting with PPL and PRS for Music
>> this *Friday 12th February 2016.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Please use the form below to detail any specific issues that you would
>> like us to raise with the music licensing agencies.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://bit.ly/pplprs
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>> Community Media Association
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