Television programmes including sound recordings or music videos which are made available for download of a temporary copy of such programme (such copy being protected by digital rights management (DRM) software) require a licence from the copyright owner (usually a record company) or from PPL (sound recordings) or VPL (music videos).
PPL and VPL are currently unable to license permanent downloads of television programmes.
Currently such licences are usually issued on a short term (12 month) basis with a non-precedential fee structure. Service providers should contact the PPL/VPL broadcasting team for licensing advice.
Such licences currently exclude “music programmes”, which are defined as both including more than 15% by running time of PPL and VPL repertoire and being of a musical subject matter.
Reporting requirements of the licences include details of each sound recording or music video used in each programme and the number of times each programme is downloaded.
As a guide, such licences are usually subject to the following restrictions:
• transmission from and reception within the UK only
• excludes usage in advertisements, signature tunes and station identity signals
• excludes re-mixing or editing of the sound and / or vision other than transmitting less than the full track