Licensing Agencies
Agency/website address
Copyright Licensing Agency
What they do
For business, education, public sector
http://www.cla.co.uk/
Public sector (public administration) licenses apply to central
government, local authorities and public bodies.The license
allows copying from magazines, books and journals as well as
the copying and re-use of digital material. The license permits:
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Cost
Fee provided
on application
Photocopying from titles published in the UK and most
overseas countries
Scanning from titles published in the UK and US.
Re-use and copying from electronic and online titles
published in the UK and the US
Storage of articles on a secure intranet for up to 30
days.
The license also includes the copying of artistic works such as
photographs, illustrations, diagrams and graphics within a
publication being copied.
Educational Recording Agency
http://www.era.org.uk/index.html
There is a list of items excluded from all CLA licenses.
The ERA licensing scheme permits staff at educational
establishments to record, for non-commercial purposes,
broadcast output of ERA’s members
In general it permits the recording of broadcasts by the BBC
TV and radio, ITV networking services, Channel 4 etc.
Local authorities can apply for the license on behalf of schools,
children’s centres, media resources, teacher centres, adult
education centres and off site youth centres.
Tariff per
student/year
i.e. primary
32p, secondary
57p.
Educational Recording Agency Plus
http://www.era.org.uk/era_plus.html
Performing Right Society
http://www.prsformusic.com/Pages/default.aspx
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
http://www.ppluk.com/
Public Video Screening Licence (PVSL)
http://www.filmbank.co.uk/licences/public_video
_screening.asp
Motion Picture Licensing Company
http://www.themplc.co.uk/
Allows licensed ERA recordings to be accessed by students
and teachers online whether they are on the premises of their
school, college or university, or at home or working elsewhere
within the UK.
PRS is a society of songwriters, composers and music
publishers. They license organisations to play, perform or
make available copyright music on behalf of their members,
and those of overseas societies, distributing the royalties. It is
the responsibility of a local authority to obtain a Music Licence
for musical performances at its premises, regardless of
whether the authority or a third party provides the music.
PPL licenses the use of recorded music played in public or
broadcast on the radio, TV and on the internet. PPL collects
and distributes licence fees for the use of recorded music on
behalf of record companies and performers.
The PVS licence allows entitles holders to screen unlimited
films from participating studios (Disney, Warner Bros etc) for a
set annual fee to a non-paying audience.
The MPLC represents smaller independent studios (Christian
Films, National Geographic etc). The Umbrella licence is
therefore similar to the PVSL but it is not required when
screening for educational purposes.
Tariff per
student/year
Variety of tariffs
depending on
the
music/audience
Fee provided
on application
– depending on
size of
organisation.
Starts at
£87/year but
depends on no
of people
having access
Fee provided
on application
– depending on
size of
organisation
Licencing checklist
Setting/School: ……………………………..
Type of Licence
Copyright Licensing
Educational Recording
Agency Licence
Educational Recording
Agency Plus Licence
Performing Right
Society Licence
Public Video
Screening Licence
Motion Picture
Licensing
TV licence
Comments:
Licence
Held
(Y/N )
Name …………………………..
Ref No/Expiry Date
Licence
Reqd
(Y/N)
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