Anyone who owns (or is the exclusive licensee of) the rights to commercially released recorded music when it is broadcasted or played in public in the UK, can join PPL as a recording rightsholder member. If you hold the same rights in music videos, you can join PPL’s sister company, VPL.
Anyone who has performed on the recorded music represented by PPL can join PPL as a performer member. In some cases, studio producers are also eligible to receive royalties from PPL.
Recorded music represented by PPL means sound recordings owned or controlled by PPL recording rightsholder members, or by recording rightsholder collective management organisations (CMOs) with whom we have an agreement to represent their members’ rights in the UK.