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<p class="MsoNormal">For the industry as a whole, this is the first positive step
towards having a single body to have to deal with.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It has been the Holly Grail for years and always came up at
Tribunal hearings. When making a comparison to the 1970’s and 1980’s - he
majority of the modern world, which had single or a joint body. The UK had THREE bodies, all
dealing with separate elements of the recording and intellectual property. <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At that time comparisons were regularly made about the
systems in North America and some European Countries. These territories
operated a much more integrated system of Rights Collecting (PRS), Phonographic
Performance (PPL). <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I suppose we were very much wedded to a 100 year old system
that had grown up from Sheet Music and the Cylinder Wax recording. In fact the
third body was the Mechanical Copyright Society. They I believe, had their
origins in the paper piano rolls from the turn of the last century. <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I believe this was more or less the case but feel free to
correct me, that when you purchased a vinyl record you only owned the <u class="">unprinted</u>
platter. MCPS owned the groove; PPL owned the recording and PRS managed the
actual Intellectual Rights of the song and its composer/s. From the cost of the 7/6d 7” single, money was apportioned to each body
to grant a licence to the owner of the record.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Technically if I wanted to play my 7” single at a party in a
church hall (therefore in public) I would be infringing my granted rights.
Similarly if I wanted to play it on my radio station I would have to seek
further rights to broadcast it.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At the time when ILR started, radio stations were dealing
with at least two data sets. PRS would require a one format and PPL another. These
would have been typed sheets for every piece of repatoir . It was not that long ago (about 20 years) both bodies agreed
to accept data in Excel form.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are other reasons too as to why this has taken so long
to modernise. <o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, Community Radio has helped bring about these
changes and they will be welcomed by all of broadcasting.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<!--EndFragment-->On 11 Dec 2016, at 16:55, <a href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk" class="">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Bob Tyler wrote:</span><br class=""></span>“The deal offered by the joint licencing bodies is a very good deal and commercial radio would bite their arm off to get a similar arrangement. “</p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">I can’t see that it would hold any huge attraction for them Bob, unless I've missed something major. <br class=""></span></p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">The for-profit commercial stations are on exactly the same 2%/3%/5% (PPL) or 3%/4%/5.25% (PRS) scales as offered by the CR licence, and are unaffected by the £1798+VAT minimum fee as their NBRs are mostly over the ~£32k at which the percentage scales take over. Most of the stations are not within the terms of Small Scale DAB, so that wouldn't help them. </span></p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">The consultation didn't say anything about music reporting requirements, but most larger stations use automation/assist systems that produce music logs automatically, so any reduced reporting that there might be in the final licence would be a marginal benefit, and reduced reporting requirements by negotiation have been in place anyway for small stations for a long time.<br class=""></span></p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">So, what are the particular aspects of the agreements that make you feel the commercial stations would be so keen as to bite off their arms for?</span></p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">I agree that less than a few days over a major holiday period, is inadequate time to consider any new licence agreement properly.<br class=""></span></p><p class="ox-4689427797-ox-e4e6981adf-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;" class="">Alex</span></p><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div id="ox-c6b6027dc2" style="word-wrap: break-word;" class="">On 10 December 2016 at 22:02 Bob Tyler <<a href="mailto:bobtyler@btinternet.com" class="">bobtyler@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif] --> <!--StartFragment--><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">The deal offered by the joint licencing bodies is a very good deal and commercial radio would bite their arm off to get a similar arrangement.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">I have only two concerns.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">The ‘Top Line’ details I saw posted recently are what they say they are, top line/main points. It is not the actual contract. I do not know if a proposed contract has been disclosed for further approval?</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">I am not a current licence holder, so I would assume that as with most of PPL/PRS contracts they are confidential. Therefore any broadcaster wishing to sign should seek to have the agreement checked and explained by a solicitor before signing.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">Thereby lies another tale. The agreement is probably offered to all and therefore PPL/PRS cannot alter the agreement to favour a particular licensee. So if two or three sign, it’s done deal, everyone gets the same.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal">In other words, the devil is in the detail and I am surprised that they are suggesting this agreement commences next month (less than 3 weeks away).</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><p class=""><br class="ox-c6b6027dc2-MsoNormal"></p></div>
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