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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
A checklist for musical artists and accompanying staff working, performing or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
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.
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.
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
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.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Check the tariff classification for protective charging cases covers for wireless headphones.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.
Scheme rules for the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme have been published by DCMS.
Travel tips and advice if you're going to a European music festival.
The recommended Maritime Labour Convention 2006-compliant model formats for setting out the outer cover, the list of crew and the list of young persons on board ship.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
Details of scheme to provide displaced people of Ukraine with Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tickets.
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