GOVERNMENT CHANGES TO EXCEPTIONS PROMPT JOINT LICENSING SCHEME

12 November 2009

Following a consultation, the Government has announced that the licensing rules surrounding not-for-profit organisations will change.

This sector comprises, amongst others, government buildings, charities, community halls, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. These changes will bring licensing in this sector in line with the rest of Europe.

Responding to these changes, PPL and PRS For Music will develop a pilot joint licensing scheme for this sector. The benefits of this will be that if offers a simple 'one-stop shop' for the third sector with certainty about the costs involved.

More information about the scheme can be found in the attached release here.
Read the press release from the Intellectual Property Office here.

Who is affected?

These changes affect non-commercial organisations, such as Government offices and not-for-profit establishments, playing the radio in public. It also affects charities and similar organisations using recorded music as part of their activities. Charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises are sometimes referred to as the Third Sector.

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