UK revenue payments

PPL distributes to record companies and performers the revenues that it collects for the use of sound recordings in the UK.

A record company will only receive monies if it :

Is a member of PPL. For more information about how to become a member click here. Alternatively, where PPL has a repertoire agreement with another record company society in another territory, a record company can be a member of that society. More information on societies who have such agreements with PPL.
Registers its sound recordings on the PPL Repertoire Database; and
Controls sound recordings that are protected by UK copyright and are exploited by PPL’s licensees in the UK

They have contributed a performance on a sound recording that is in PPL’s repertoire; and
Their performance qualifies for the legal right to ‘equitable remuneration’
The sound recording on which they performed is exploited by PPL’s licensees in the UK

PPL only controls and licenses sound recordings in its repertoire. A sound recording will be in PPL’s repertoire if :

The sound recording qualifies for copyright protection, and
The record company that controls the rights in that sound recording is a member of PPL (for more about how to become a member click here), or is a member of a record company society in another territory, with whom PPL has a repertoire agreement with.