January 2009: PRS Template Presentation. Please remove: ‘By minimising deductions we are able to pay our member nearly 90p in every pound we collect’

January 2009: PRS Template Presentation

Please remove: ‘By minimising deductions we are able to pay our member nearly 90p in every pound we collect’

‘We collect royalties for music played on all UK TV stations and distribute over 80% of it on a ‘pay per play’ basis, ensuring the right people get paid’

‘A record £500 million in royalties were paid out in 2012’

Please replace with: We have 87000 members

We have 150 affiliates around the world

A record of £555 million royalties were paid out in 2010

Please can you create the slide in editable PPT format

150A record £641.8m in royalties was collected in 2012

£641.8m100,000We have 150 affiliated

societies around the world

We have over 100,000 members

We look after two key rights within a song

Mechanical right Performing right

Performance Broadcast, online & mobile

Transmission: TV, film, radio

Mobile: network operators

Online: websites that stream music

Live performance: gigs, clubs,

concert venues

Public playback of

recorded music: pubs, hotels, shops,

offices

Theatrical: cinema and

theatre

Performing right

Physical Digital

CD covermounts: publishers

DVDs: manufacturers,

distributors

CDs: record labels

Production libraries

Downloads: digital music retailers

Ringtones: mobile content retailers

Music streaming: website owners

Mechanical right

Channels to gain royalties from:

• Gigs, clubs and small venues

• Concerts and festivals

• TV and radio airplay

• Music used in film, TV adverts

• International performances

• Music used online – download/streaming

• Music used for audio and audio-visual products

We issue licences to organisations, companies and individuals that use our members’ music

How it works

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Rightsholders register details of their works with us

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Licensees report the music they have used to us

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We match reported usage against artist and title info

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We check artist and title info against records of our members’ works

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We invoice music users and service providers

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Music service providers pay us revenue

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We pay rightsholders for the use of their music

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PRS for Music has agreements in 90 countries around the world,

including other collecting societies

Please remove: ‘By minimising deductions we are able to pay our member nearly 90p in every pound we collect’

‘We collect royalties for music played on all UK TV stations and distribute over 80% of it on a ‘pay per play’ basis, ensuring the right people get paid’

‘A record £500 million in royalties were paid out in 2012’

Please replace with: We have 87000 members

We have 150 affiliates around the world

A record of £555 million royalties were paid out in 2010

Please can you create the slide in editable PPT format You’re in good company With over 100,000

members

Joining PRS for Music

PRS writers admission fee: £50

MCPS writers admission fee: £50

www.prsformusic.com/joinus

January 2009: PRS Template Presentation