Post by wholesaletrader on Mar 12, 2006 15:10:29 GMT
::)Whether you are a small retail outlet using a radio behind the counter, or a large department store fitted with an elaborate, multi-speaker music system, the effect is the same - providing music to your customers (and employees!) is good business.
Playing the right style of music can positively affect customer behaviour, enhance perception of your business, and even influence purchasing choice. Not only that, but music has been shown to be good for employee morale and productivity levels, too.
Beware, however! To play music in public, you will need a licence from the Performing Rights Society (PRS), which represents the artists, and probably another one from Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), representing the record companies.
If you are playing a radio only, you will need just a PRS licence. If, however, you are playing pre-recorded CDs, you will need a licence from both the PRS and PPL.
You might think that since you have already bought the albums, you can play them where you like - but when you buy a CD, you are only paying for the right to play it in private, not to make a public broadcast. Periodic checks are made by both organisations, and you can be fined quite heavily if you are not covered. If you are hiring a music system or jukebox, the supplier should obtain the licence on your behalf.
The PRS and the PPL both has a vast number of different but reasonable tariffs depending on the size and type of business, and what you are doing with the music.
Contacts
Performing Rights Society. T: 08000 68 48 28.
www.prs.co.uk/musiclicence
Phonographic Performance Ltd. T: 020 7534 1030. www.ppluk.com
Playing the right style of music can positively affect customer behaviour, enhance perception of your business, and even influence purchasing choice. Not only that, but music has been shown to be good for employee morale and productivity levels, too.
Beware, however! To play music in public, you will need a licence from the Performing Rights Society (PRS), which represents the artists, and probably another one from Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), representing the record companies.
If you are playing a radio only, you will need just a PRS licence. If, however, you are playing pre-recorded CDs, you will need a licence from both the PRS and PPL.
You might think that since you have already bought the albums, you can play them where you like - but when you buy a CD, you are only paying for the right to play it in private, not to make a public broadcast. Periodic checks are made by both organisations, and you can be fined quite heavily if you are not covered. If you are hiring a music system or jukebox, the supplier should obtain the licence on your behalf.
The PRS and the PPL both has a vast number of different but reasonable tariffs depending on the size and type of business, and what you are doing with the music.
Contacts
Performing Rights Society. T: 08000 68 48 28.
www.prs.co.uk/musiclicence
Phonographic Performance Ltd. T: 020 7534 1030. www.ppluk.com
