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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><EM>[Absolutely but as with many things, the
people with the money get the law.]</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Exactly so. Small radio stations are
completely denied access to justice under the present Copyright Act and
tribunal system because of the huge legal costs and that PPL can afford to risk
on a case, which would totally bankrupt a small station, or even a group of
small stations if awarded against them. PPL has about £30 million cash in the
bank.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><EM>[That leaves hundreds if not thousands of £s
not passed on to perfomers, but included in the licence fee. Where does that
go?......]</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Broadly speaking any surplus after paying all
the company's overheads/admin costs is divvied up prorata among its members on
top of the performance-related payments. In 2014 PPL collected £187 million (£74
million of this from broadcasters), and paid out £156 million, the
remaining £30 million or so going to pensions, reserves and expenses. In
2014 PPL's CEO was paid £590,000, and the Chairman was
paid £180,000. The company paid no Corporation Tax.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>BUT on the 'guide dogs for the blind' front, bear
in mind PPL is not there primarily to represent the interests of poor up and
coming musicians, the bulk of its collections go to record companies for the use
of their recordings. (PRS is the principal collecting body for the musicians and
composers themselves.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gary.jackson@my-generation.org.uk
href="mailto:gary.jackson@my-generation.org.uk">Gary Jackson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">The Community Media Association
Discussion List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] PRS PPL and DAB
trials</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Absolutely but as with many things, the people with the money
get the law.<BR><BR>The PPL are a law unto themselves simply because they have
the financial clout. Even a group of community stations would have trouble
raising sufficient funds to mount a serious challenge. Last time I checked
they were even run by a lawyer.<BR><BR>I had an interesting conversation with
a commercial radio station owner in California a couple of years ago. He had
heard that the PPL had been haranguing American stations for money because
their online streams could be heard in the UK. Basically the PPL was demanding
hundreds if not thousands of pounds each year to cover the tiny number of
listeners that may stumble upon their stream here in the UK.<BR><BR>Of course
they did it in the name of those poor exploited musicians who's music was
being heard and not receiving any royalties. They make themselves sound like
Guide Dogs for the Blind! <BR><BR>However, as this guy pointed out, the large
stations would never play a British artist who was so unknown that they
wouldn't already be covered by the American royalty agencies.<BR><BR>Which
means that these stations would have to pay blanket licence fees to cover a
tiny number of listener hours. Something like a total of £10 could be passed
to perfomers to account for these listeners, and, as has already been said
draconian reporting as well.<BR><BR>That leaves hundreds if not thousands of
£s not passed on to perfomers, but included in the licence fee. Where does
that go?..........<BR><BR><BR>Gary <BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 21/07/2015 20:30, Ian Hickling wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>So isn't it high time for a concerted legal challenge to what
are seen as the Royalty sharks?
<DIV>Why on earth do otherwise sensible people shell out these exorbitant
fees without ever asking exactly why and what for?<BR><BR>
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From: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</A><BR>To: <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</A><BR>Date:
Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:37:06 +0100<BR>Subject: Re: [cma-l] PRS PPL and DAB
trials<BR><BR>
<DIV>Well, that will come as no surprise to those who have in the past tried
to see rationality in PPL's other fees for small-scale broadcasters.<BR>But
of course, the issue of charges for pilot broadcasts is only a reflection of
the situation for long-term broadcasters. PPL charges a lot extra for any
form of simulcasting, even though any additional value derived from using
its repertoire to increase overall audience is already be reflected in and
properly recompensed for by the percentage royalty it levies on Net
Broadcasting Revenue.<BR>In truth, PPL already uses a mechanism of sky-high
minimum charges to jack up the royalty charges for very small operators way
above the levels settled by the Copyright Tribunal, and by insisting on
separate licences for each simulcast medium, each with its own minimum fees,
it manipulates the system to boost these levies even
further.<BR>Alex<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=james@cridland.net
href="mailto:james@cridland.net" moz-do-not-send="true">James Cridland</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:11 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] PRS PPL and DAB trials</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV>"PPL alone in charging broadcasters for DAB small-scale tests"</DIV>
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<P>PPL, the body that collects music royalty payments on behalf of record
companies, has re-affirmed that it plans to charge existing stations an
additional fee to simulcast on a nine-month technical trial of small-scale
DAB.</P>
<P>Ofcom is currently testing small-scale DAB multiplexes in a variety of
places in the UK, designed to discover whether the technology is suitable
for community radio broadcasters. It has waived any licence fee for the
tests, which are planned to take nine months. The tests are technical
pilots for small local services that may become permanent in
future....</P></DIV>
<DIV>Read the rest of the story at... <A
href="https://media.info/radio/news/ppl-alone-in-charging-broadcasters-for-dab-small-scale-tests"
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<DIV>You might wish to comment on the story on the website...</DIV>
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<DIV>//j</DIV>
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