Copyright Seminars
If
you are interested in getting a detailed understanding of music copyright
law and royalty payment
procedures, you may be interested in one of our seminars
We hold them once or twice a year in London - dates yet to be finalised for 2010
A professional one day course open to performing musicians, composers, students and industry
Places are limited to fifteen people, but we normally get from 6 - 10 people attending
£100 per person (plus vat)
Please email us if you're interested and we'll send you more details and an application form
Music Copyright
Royalties due to composers of music works featured on CDs and DVDs
In the UK, royalties are collected by the mechanical copyright protection society (MCPS) on behalf of music composer and publisher members. These royalties are collected from record companies and individuals pressing and selling CDs.
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Royalties due to composers of music works performed in public
In the UK royalties are collected by the Performing Rights Society (PRS) on behalf of music composer and publisher members. These royalties are collected from the owners of public performance venues of all types
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Royalties due to owners of music recordings (and performers) performed in public
In te UK, royalties are collected by Phonographic Performance Limited on behalf of Record Company and musician members. These royalties are due for the performance of music recordings in a public place. These royalties are collected from the owners of public performance venues of all types
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Royalties due to owners of music recordings copied onto CD
In the UK, there is no organisation representing record companies when licensing the rights to copy original sound recordings. Any individual wishing to use an original sound recording on a new CD compilation, or a section from an original sound recording must approach the owner of the sound recording for their permission. If permission is granted it is likely to involve the payment of a license fee.
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Copyright Information for Music Composers
Protecting the rights in your own music compostions can seem complex but the principles are very simple and require the composer to take certain basic steps to ensure that ownership in copyright can be established at a certain point in time, should this be required at a later date.
