The law gives performers and recording rightsholders (e.g. record companies) the right to be paid when their music is played. Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, permission is needed from the performers and recording rightsholders in order to include music within a radio, TV or online broadcast.
PPL licenses the use of recorded music in the UK and distributes the licence fee income collected (less our running costs) back to its members. Our members include record companies, featured artists, session musicians and orchestra players (among many more) that contribute to the recorded music tracks you hear on radio and TV every day.