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PPL and PRS put out music licensing video intro guide for businesses
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 25 June 2014
Want to hear Lauren Laverne explain the music licensing process, the difference between collective licensing bodies PPL and PRS, and why playing music in your work place is a damn good thing to do?
Well you, my good reader, are about to be on the receiving end of an extraordinary stroke of good fortune. Because she’s only gone and made a video doing just that. Because Lauren Laverne, and this is no secret, is a lady who loves licensing. Hence her DJ name Lauren ‘Licensing Loving Lady’ Laverne
Says DJ L-LLL-L: “PPL collects and distributes royalties on behalf of performers and record companies for the use of their recorded music. PRS For Music collects and distributes royalties on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers, for the use of their musical compositions and lyrics”.
She goes on: “By obtaining licences from PPL and PRS for Music, you can enjoy the benefits of using music in your business without having to seek permission individually from all these thousands of people – who in turn get the opportunity to be paid fairly for their work”.
Fans of music licensing explanations can check out the PPL/PRS-commissioned video here. Though it’s really aimed at business owners who play music in their cafes, bars, stores, offices or workspaces, and is part of the collecting societies’ mission to make the licensing of music easier to understand.
