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Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming, including an indicative timeline for upcoming milestones.
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.
Financial help with sending your child to a specialist school for young musicians and dancers
A checklist for musical artists and accompanying staff working, performing or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
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.
Confiscated and surrendered drugs will be tested to identify toxic substances in circulation and help prevent drug-related overdoses.
Construction has completed on a new c.£12 million band facility for Army musicians at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
Guidelines for prisons on the licensing requirements when playing films, television and music in prison.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
Details of payees for vendors who wish to pay non-UK resident classical music artists.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a music and sports specialism.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Research led by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation into recommendation algorithms used by streaming services
This notice is aimed at individuals and groups who may wish to perform copyright-protected musical works live.
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