Recorded music is protected by copyright. This means that, if you wish to include recorded music in a radio or TV broadcast, or in an online service, or if you wish to play recorded music in public (such as playing it to staff or customers at your business premises), legal permission is needed from each and every recording rightsholder whose recordings you use.
PPL’s licences provide this permission on behalf of the tens of thousands of recording rightsholders we represent, allowing you to use virtually all commercially-released recordings in the UK. This saves you from having to contact multiple companies or individuals directly.
After deduction of our operating costs, your licence fee is distributed to the performers and recording rightsholders we represent. Having invested their time, talent and money to make recorded music, they are entitled to a fair payment when it is broadcast or played in public. We do not retain a profit for our services.
