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PPL’s pub rates dispute to go to Tribunal
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 July 2009
And one last bit of Copyright Tribunal news for you, this time on the recording rights side of the collecting society corridor. Record label collecting society PPL is heading to Tribunal as a result of long faltering negotiations with the UK pub industry.
PPL and trade bodies representing bar owners – in particular the British Hospitality Association and the British Beer And Pub Association – can’t agree on what rates pub types should be paying for the privilege of playing music in their establishments. The two industries have been in dispute over the issue since 2004, and the matter will finally go to Tribunal later this month, having been referred there by the Department Of Trade And Industry after a complaint by the pub industry.
Confirming a Tribunal date had been set, a spokesman for PPL told Music Week: “After the lengthy wait we welcome the upcoming tribunal hearings at the end of the month. The decision will be made public in the autumn and will then allow the company to finally move ahead in regard to key aspects of its business”.
BHA Deputy CEO Martin Crouchman told the trade mag: “We think this is the last stage of a long and drawn out process. It was meant to be very simple, but in fact it has been very complicated”.
