Music copyright exemptions for charities
11th July 2008, 2:29 pm
The UK Intellectual Property Office has started a consultation on certain copyright exemptions which “principally allow not-for-profit and charitable organisations, in certain specific circumstances, to play copyright sound recordings in public without being required to pay a licence fee for use of those sound recordings or the performances they contain”.
The Office of the Third Sector is encouraging charities to respond, with one option being to exempt only small charities from having to purchase licenses, or even repeal of the exemptions. OTS news item or go direct to http://www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-musiclicensing.htm.
Consultation runs to 31st October.