Expert Insight
Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, permission is needed from the relevant copyright holders – those people who create music – in order to play or perform music in public. TheMusicLicence gives you that permission, for virtually all commercially released music available.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY Music has been a big part of most people’s lives during lockdown, so why turn it off? Playing music in your pub or bar could create that welcoming atmosphere and ease anxieties as people return to your venue. Music can also help your team – consider the type of music you play throughout the day to help energise and motivate staff who have been on their feet and busy all day, a burst of some feel-good, uplifting tunes could be just what they need to keep serving with a smile.
GET TO KNOW YOUR LICENCES If you do decide to add live sports or music to your pub, ensure you are correctly licensed.
Obviously, a sports channel subscription and TV licence will be required to show the games to your customers. However, sports programming uses more music
than people often realise, such as in the opening and closing titles, highlights and featured sequences, as well as the advertisements during commercial breaks. You'll therefore usually need TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS Ltd if you’re using the television for showing sports and other programming in public.
WHY DO I NEED A TV LICENCE AND A MUSIC LICENCE? A TV licence allows you to receive the broadcast signal to the television within your business. However, it does not give you permission to play or perform the music within the broadcast.
There is also some confusion between an entertainment licence and a music licence. So, do you need TheMusicLicence to play music in your venue even if you have an entertainment licence that allows you to play music? In short, yes you do and here is why.
An entertainment licence is issued by your local authority. It gives you permission to provide entertainment on your premises. It may be subject to certain conditions such as time restrictions or number of people attending.
Get TheMusicLicence today and start welcoming your customers back with the power of music.
pplprs.co.uk 0800 0868 801
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