[cma-l] PPL and PRSfM - Community Radio "Licences"

[Ian Hickling]

The very basic challenge I've posed - amongst others - to PRSfM and PPL is:


Show me please where in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - or any other legislation - it says that I have to pay you exclusively the fees you are demanding.


Surely a very simple question - to which an answer is strangely not forthcoming?


Ian Hickling

Partner

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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio <tlr at gairloch.co.uk>
Sent: 15 September 2016 17:28
To: office at thethread.org.uk; 'The Community Media Association Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [cma-l] FW: PPL and PRS for Music Community Radio Licences - Customer Consultation


Dear Mr Numpty



The rough answers to your questions are:



1)      Number of songs played per-hour      average



The only proposed change in reporting is that there will no longer be a need to submit an estimate of future revenue at the start of a year, only the actual revenue at the end of the year.



2)      Standard budget reasonable cost payment                           bearing - in - mind that



Whichever is the greater of:

Minimum combined fee of £1798/year, or

Combined royalties of 5% on 80% of any broadcast advertising or sponsorship income



3)      We are not for profit and our NET revenue is zero / zilch / diddly squat



That status is of no interest to PPL or PRS - they levy the royalties on 80% of your broadcast (and/or simulcast) advertising and sponsorship income, regardless of whether or not it leads to profit or you spend it all on coffee and doughnuts for the presenters. If you have no such income, then you would pay only the minimum fees.



4)      No reporting, as there is nothing to report apart from song usage



See 1) above



Hope that fits within the attention span of a goldfish - good luck with the plates!



Alex



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Anything outside of this, my attention span has suddenly developed into that of a Goldfish.



I fill the form in later as I need to get back to the 50 Plates ..... well    42 actually, as 8 have just dropped off



Nick Dumpty


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