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</head><body><p>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.</p><p>Alex</p><blockquote type="cite">On 01 July 2016 at 19:00 CMA-L <cma-l@commedia.org.uk> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dear Members and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Supporters</span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Most of you will now have received a letter from PPL and </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">PRS for Music (PRSfM) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">with regard to a Joint Licence for community radio.</span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">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.</span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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. . </span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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.</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">licensing</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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, </span></span><strong style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PPL and PRSfM intend to introduce a Joint Licence for Ofcom-licensed community radio stations with effect from 1 January 2017</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. </span></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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.</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The joint licence will be administered by PPL, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of PRSfM<em>. </em>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.</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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:</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <br></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><a href="http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/PPL-Code-of-Conduct/">http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/PPL-Code-of-Conduct/</a></span><br></li><li><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prsformusic.com/codeofconduct/pages/default.aspx">http://www.prsformusic.com/codeofconduct/pages/default.aspx</a></span><br></li></ul><p> <br></p><div style="font-size: 12.8px;">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:</div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="http://www.prsformusic.com/customerconsultation" target="_blank">http://www.prsformusic.com/customerconsultation</a></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br></div><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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.</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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:</p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a style="font-size: 12.8px;" href="http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016</a><br></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">With best regards</span></p><p class="ox-2a747ec627-MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br></span></p><div><div class="ox-2a747ec627-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association</div><div>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: #888888; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: large;">Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016: <a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</a></span></strong><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><br>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</blockquote></body></html>