Transcript Licensing the use of music in school

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Licensing the use of
music in school
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Basic Copyright 1
Copyright protects the
original
owners of:
literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic works,
 sound recordings, films or broadcasts,
and
the typographical arrangement of
published editions.
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Basic Copyright 2
 “Restricted Acts –
copyright owners entitled to licence:
 Copying
 Issuing copies
to the public
 renting or lending to the public
 performing, showing or playing the work in public
 to communicating the work to the public
 to make an
adaptation of the work or do any of the above
in relation to an adaptation
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Basic Copyright Three
 Duration
 for
of Copyright
copyright works – life of the author plus 70yrs
 for sound recordings – currently 50yrs from
publication due to rise to 70yrs this year
 for films – life of author/director/composer plus 70
yrs
 for broadcasts - 50 years from first broadcast
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Using Music in Schools 1
 You
don’t need a licence to:
 Perform music live
in class or in the course of teaching
 Play music from a recording or on the soundtrack of a
film in class or in the course of teaching
 Copy a musical work or sound recording by hand (not
by photocopier or computer etc) in the course of
teaching or being taught or setting or taking an exam,
provided you acknowledge the copyright owners and
provided the copying is limited and not done for a
commercial purpose
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Using Music in Schools 2
 You
do need a licence to do any of these things
using any electronic equipment or reprographic
device:
 Copy sheet
music or lyrics
 Make copies of sound recordings
 Make sound recordings of copyright music
 Copy copyright music into a film
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Using Music in Schools 3
 Unless
both the audience and the performers
consist only of pupils and school staff, you do
need a licence to perform music (e.g.):
 Live performance
 Playing a
sound recording
 Showing a film
 Using a broadcast
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Getting licences
 Get licences for:
Public performance of music and sound recordings from PRS
for Music and PPL. They sell through www.cefm.co.uk
 Recording and using the recordings of broadcasts from ERA
www.era.or.uk
 Copying printed music and lyrics from CLA schools.cla.co.uk
or through iaps www.iaps.org.uk
 Copying printed hymns and worship songs for use in
assembly etc from CCLi www.ccli.co.uk
 Showing films – check online
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Public performance of Musicals etc
 So
called Grand Right works:
 Musicals
 Operas
 Ballet
 Pantomimes and
reviews with specially written music
 Other similar shows incorporating dramatic
performance
Are licensed for public performance by their publishers
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Are you a composer?
 If
your music gets performed live, or is broadcast
or used online join the Performing Right Society
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www.prsformusic.com
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PMLL schools licence
 Available
from CLA or through iaps
 State schools
in England and NI all covered already
 Other state schools through local authorities
 Schools
can copy printed music
Using a photocopier
 Using a scanner and a printer
 Making a hand written copy and then a photocopier and
scanner
 Using score writing software
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PMLL schools licence
 Conditions
printed music you want to copy belongs to the school
 that you do not copy a choral leaflet (these are
excluded)
 that the publication is not excluded from the licence by
listing to this web page: http://schools.cla.co.uk/yourcla-schools-licence/schools-printed-music-licence/
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PMLL schools licence
 Conditions
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 that you do not going to copy more
than 10% by
number of the items in an album or a multi-movement
vocal score
 that each copy carries a credit: “Copy made on
dd/mm/yyyy (date to be added) under PMLL Licence for
use at (name of school and post code to be inserted
here)”
 No copying for instrumental or vocal teaching