[cma-l] PPL and PRSfM Joint Licence for Community Radio

Mon Jul 4 13:52:37 BST 2016

Alex

The Community Media Association has never formally agreed to the
licensing fees set by PPL and PRSfM and we have been very careful that our
responses to the licensing fees should not be interpreted as agreement.

Please send me the evidence you have that either PPL or PRSfM has said that
the CMA has agreed to a particular licensing regime and I can take the
matter up with them.

When we confirm that PPL and PRSfM will be attending the Community Media
Conference
<http://www.commedia.org.uk/news/2016/03/save-the-date-saturday-10th-september-the-community-media-conference-2016/>
on Saturday 10th September at Birmingham City University, perhaps you will
make the journey down and put your concerns to the respective
representatives of the licensing  agencies in person.

Best regards

Bill Best
-- 
Operations Manager
Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk
https://twitter.com/community_media
https://facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation

Canstream Internet Radio
http://www.canstream.co.uk
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On 1 July 2016 at 22:03, Two Lochs Radio <tlr at gairloch.co.uk> wrote:

> To be honest, it has always been PPL's consultations with CMA that have
> largely stymied our own negotiations with PPL in the past. They always fall
> back on, "your representative body has agreed this, and we are entitled to
> assume that means it is acceptable to all stations". or words to that
> effect. They always cite as further evidence that their terms are fair the
> supposed fact that 'all other sttaions have freely accepted the terms'
> which PPL maintains proves that the terms are fair.
>
> Alex
>
> On 01 July 2016 at 19:00 CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear Members and Supporters
>
>
> Most of you will now have received a letter from PPL and PRS for Music
> (PRSfM) with regard to a Joint Licence for community radio.
>
>
> There is little information that we are able to share at this stage as the
> details of the proposed Joint Licence are still being worked on by PPL and
> PRSfM and communications on this matter have to be approved by the Legal
> Teams of the licensing agencies. Therefore much of the text below
> is drawn from the Joint Licence letter with some additional detail added.
> The Community Media Association seeks your feedback on the proposed Joint
> Licence.
>
>
>
> PPL collects and distributes licence fees for the use of recorded music on
> behalf of record companies and performers, whereas PRSfM collects and
> distributes fees for the use of musical compositions on behalf of
> songwriters, composers and music publishers. .
>
>
>
> Both PPL and PRSfM have received feedback from the Community Media
> Association and from community radio stations relating to the current
> method of licensing music rights for inclusion within Ofcom-licensed
> community radio broadcasts.
>
>
> The licensing bodies have carefully considered the comments received so
> far and, building upon the experience and success of joint licensing
> between PPL and PRSfM in other sectors, and now believe that it is possible
> to further simplify the licensing of music rights for community radio
> stations. Accordingly, subject to a successful consultation with the
> sector, *PPL and PRSfM intend to introduce a Joint Licence for
> Ofcom-licensed community radio stations with effect from 1 January 2017*.
>
>
>
> The joint licence will provide all community radio stations with a simple,
> ‘one stop shop’ licensing solution, combining the rights of both
> organisations in a single licence agreement.
>
>
>
> The joint licence will be administered by PPL, acting on its own behalf
> and on behalf of PRSfM*. *This means stations will have one point of
> contact for any queries regarding your licence, you will make a single
> payment covering both sets of rights, and you will need to submit Net
> Broadcasting Revenue information only once each year, reducing the
> administration associated with ensuring that the music you include within
> your broadcasts are licensed correctly.
>
>
> Prior to introducing new licensing schemes, PPL and PRSfM are committed to
> a fair, reasonable and proportionate consultation in accordance with each
> organisation’s Code of Conduct:
>
>
>
>    - http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/PPL-Code-of-Conduct/
>    - http://www.prsformusic.com/codeofconduct/pages/default.aspx
>
>
> By way of example, PRSfM has examples of other closed consultations and
> notifications it has conducted across the business, examples of which are
> available on the PRSfM website:
>
> http://www.prsformusic.com/customerconsultation
>
> As part of the consultation process, PPL and PRSfM will initially liaise
> with the Community Media Association and will then send out further details
> to the sector in due course.
>
>
> To get your feedback, thoughts, and opinions about the proposed Joint
> Licence for community radio please use the online form below so that we can
> easily collate your responses:
>
>
> http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016
>
>
> With best regards
>
>
> Community Media Association
> --
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> https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation
>
> *Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference
> 2016: http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf <http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf>*
>
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