Our objective

To achieve the best possible copyright agreements and represent commercial radio’s interests in debates on the intellectual property.

What we do

Music is an important input to radio.  Commercial stations have two main copyright licences, which enable them to broadcast music and provide financial rewards to the rights holders.  These licences are held with the collecting societies PPL (for rights held by record companies and performers) and PRS for Music (for rights held by music publishers and songwriters).

Details of the current licence terms with PPL are available here.

Details of the current licence terms with PRS for Music are available here.

RadioCentre also represents the interests or commercial radio on issues of copyright policy and intellectual property, with government and the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO).

Key priorities

• Negotiate licences
  Seek the best possible licences for commercial radio in negotiations with collecting societies.
• Advice on copyright issues
  Ensure that commercial stations receive appropriate support and advice on copyright issues.
• Workplace Listening
  Address ‘double payment’ for workplace radio listening, in addition to payments for the broadcast of music on commercial radio.
• Codes of Practice
  Support work to improve the operation of collecting societies, though codes of practice backed up by statutory regulation where required.
• Copyright law
  Contribute actively to changes in copyright law in the UK and EU, to ensure the interests of commercial radio are properly reflected.