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You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Recording artists, record labels, collecting societies, broadcasters and public venues are invited to share their views by 11 March 2024.
You need a licence to broadcast copyright music on the radio
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
Guidelines for prisons on the licensing requirements when playing films, television and music in prison.
Today (Friday 15 March), pupils from schools from Hertfordshire and Lancashire had the unique experience of stepping inside 10 Downing Street to participate in a range of workshops as part of Red Nose Day 2024, in collaboration with Comic Relief.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
You may need a licence from the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) if you make copies of music on to any physical product
Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.
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