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

[Murray Dawson]

I fully support your proposal Paul.

First task is to make this the policy for the CMA so that it is the position of the sector - Bill can you explain what the process is to discuss this at Council and what the process is?

Thanks

Murray

On 12 February 2016 08:10:49 GMT+00:00, Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk> wrote:
>> Put bluntly, PPL doesn’t owe your station a living. Does the
>electricity
>company give you free electricity just because you are non-profit, or
>the
>phone company, or… of course not, which is why it costs £30-50k to run
>the
>smallest of full-time stations.
>
>No one owes us a living, but whereas I doubt the electricity company
>are
>getting any benefit from us using their product, PPL's members probably
>see
>us as a bit more useful.
>
>PRS and PPL are always talking about what good they do for the music
>community ... perhaps they can be persuaded to give up that 0.02% of
>their
>income by supporting a tier of radio that gives airplay to its unsigned
>members looking to get a step up.
>
>Keeping to the point .. we've got a rare opportunity to renegotiate
>these
>contracts in our favour, so let's ask for free and see where we meet in
>the
>middle.
>
>Paul
>Phoenix FM
>
>
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