Music licensing bodies_2
17 August 2012
Q: I am looking to license some music for use in our UK operation. Is the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society - Performing Rights Society (MCPS-PRS) Alliance the only body in the UK that can license copyrighted music? In the US, there are three main
A: Les Christy, copyright and media lawyer at Pinsent Curtis Biddle, writes: To answer this question meaningfully, one needs to know a little about copyright and a lot about the music industry. “Music” is a term that generally includes a number of rights-protected works. If we consider just one song from a CD, there are separate...