Performing Right Society — The Performing Right Society (often shortened to PRS), founded in 1914, is the collecting society for UK songwriters, composers and music publishers. Its role is to act as an agent for its members in order to collect performing royalties whenever … Wikipedia
Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society — The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) is an organisation that pay royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers when a composition is manufactured into any format. This includes copies of the music alone such as CDs and… … Wikipedia
Will Page — is the Chief Economist at the MCPS PRS Alliance, a non profit collection society representing writers, composers and music publishers in the UK.Page graduated with an MSc in Economics at the University of Edinburgh in 2002. His Masters paper was… … Wikipedia
Bexhill FM — Infobox Radio Station name = Bexhill FM 87.7FM area = Bexhill on Sea, Online branding = Bexhill FM slogan = for the community for Bexhill airdate = July 2003 frequency = 87.7fm format = RSL power = erp = class = callsign meaning = website = [http … Wikipedia
Internet radio licensing — An Internet radio license is a specific type of broadcast license that allows the licensee to operate an Internet radio station. The licensing authority and number of licenses required varies from country to country, with some countries requiring … Wikipedia
Andy Heath — Andy Heath, born 1947, is a prominent name in the world of music publishing.Having worked in the industry since 1964, Andy has formed two publishing companies of his own, Andrew Heath Music and Heathwave (a company still in operation today). He… … Wikipedia
Performance rights organisation — Performance rights organizations (PROs) provide intermediary functions, particularly royalty collection, between copyright holders and parties who wish to use copyrighted works publicly such as shopping and dining venues. Legal consumer purchase… … Wikipedia
Will Hodgkinson — is a journalist and author from London, England. He currently writes a monthly column for The Guardian newspaper, and presents the Sky Arts TV show Songbook , in which he interviews contemporary songwriters.His books Guitar Man (2006) and Song… … Wikipedia
Music law — is used to describe the legal aspects of the music industry and certain legal aspects in other sectors of the entertainment industry. The music industry includes record labels, music publishers, merchandisers, the live events sector and of course … Wikipedia
Pirate radio — For other uses, see Pirate Radio (disambiguation). Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for… … Wikipedia
