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Confiscated and surrendered drugs will be tested to identify toxic substances in circulation and help prevent drug-related overdoses.
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.
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.
The music industry has agreed commitments to improve music streaming metadata. The Government is also establishing a working group on creator remuneration
Details of scheme to provide displaced people of Ukraine with Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tickets.
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Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Two expert working groups have been established to develop, support and champion practical measures to facilitate delivery of the core data set outlined in the metadata agreement.
If you work in the music industry and handle metadata, we want to hear from you by 30 November 2023.
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The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
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.
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