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UK
name:MCPS-PRS ALLIANCE
address:29-33 Berners Street London
postcode:W1T 3AB
tel:020 7580 5544
fax:020 7306 4455 John F
email:
www:www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk
description:While MCPS and PRS remain seperate in terms of membership and the rights they license, this operational alliance services both societies and is jointly owned by them. MCPS deals with the rights to make and issue all formats of music recording: it collects income and distributes royalties. PRS does the same in relation to the right to perform in public and broadcast music.
UK
name:PERFORMING ARTISTS' MEDIA RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (PAMRA)
address:3rd Floor 161 Borough High Street London
postcode: SE1 1HR
tel:020 7940 0413
fax:020 7407 2008
email:
www:http://www.ppluk.com/performers
description:The right to receive royalties for recorded performances came into law on 1 December 1996. The law works like this: if you are a qualifying performer and have made a commercial recording since 1946 then you may be due some money if your recording was broadcast or played in public since 1 December 1996 in the UK or overseas.
UK
name:PPL - PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LTD
address: 1 Upper James Street,London
postcode: WIF 9DE
tel: 020 7534 1122
fax: 020 7534 1383
email:
www:http://www.ppluk.com/
description:PPL is a music industry collecting society representing over 3,000 record companies, from the large multinationals to the small independents. We collect licence fees from broadcast and public performance users on behalf of the record companies. This licence fee revenue, after deduction of running costs, is then distributed to our record company members and to performers. We grant licences for the use of sound recordings in the UK to all broadcasters - which includes the BBC (television and radio), independent television broadcasters and production companies, commercial radio, and cable and satellite channels. In the public performance sector, we license the whole range of users which includes clubs, pubs, hotels, restaurants and shops, as well as individuals such as exercise instructors and dance teachers.
UK
name:VPL - VIDEO PERFORMANCE LIMITED
address:1 Upper James Street London
postcode: W1F 9DE
tel: 020 7534 1400
fax: 020 7534 1414
email:
www:http://www.ppluk.com/
description:VPL collectively licenses use of music videos.