Music
in the waiting room
Under
Copyright legislation, if you play music or have a television in the
waiting room, or if you play music when telephone callers are on hold,
you need a licence(s).
Who
issues licences?
The
Performing Rights Society (PRS) collects and distributes
licence fees for the public performance and broadcast of musical works.
The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS)
collects and distributes royalties generated from the recording of
music onto many different formats. This income is distributed to their
members - writers and publishers of music. The MCPS-PRS Alliance
(PRS-MCPS) manages common activities, services both societies and
is jointly owned by them. More
information about copyright.
Phonographic
Performance Ltd. (PPL) is a music industry organisation collecting
and distributing airplay and public performance royalties in the UK.
More info on PPL licences
What
licence(s) should you have?
If
you have a television in the waiting room you need:
a
television licence - details
of how to obtain a licence
a
PRS-MCPS Licence - details
of how to obtain a licence
If
you have radio music playing in the waiting room
you need:
a
PRS-MCPS Licence - details
of how to obtain a licence
If
you play music from tape or CD you need:
a
PRS-MCPS Licence- details
of how to obtain a licence
a
PPL Licence - details
of how to obtain a licence
If
your telephone system plays music while callers are
on hold, you may need a PRS-MCPS Licence and/or PPL Licence - ask
your phone system supplier for details.
Further
information:
Performing
Rights Society: website
or 0800 068 48 28
Mechanical
Copyright Protection Society: website
or 0800 068 48 28
Phonographic
Performance Ltd.: website
or 020 7534 1000
Practices
can purchase copyright-free music CDs (which can be played in the
waiting room without the need for any of the above licences) from
http://www.nvmdigital.com
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