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PRS FAQs |
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My musical group performs mainly in a church - are we still liable for performing rights? |
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Yes - unless the music "performance" is part of a church service, presided over by a religious celebrant, in which case it would be exempt. A large number of societies do perform their concerts in churches, and in almost all cases the church is treated as a concert venue like any other. |
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We have discovered our venue is licensed, but have been making PRS payments to Making Music. What do we do now? |
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If the venue is licensed then you must make payment to them, and they will pass it on to PRS. The venue will probably ask you for a copy of your concert programme and you can expect to be charged from the PRS Tariff 'LC'. This charge is likely to be either:
- Admission charge over £5.00: 4.8% of admission receipts (or 4.5% in certain circumstances);
- Admission charge £5.00 or lower: starting from £10.84 (for first 50 persons admitted), but check with the venue.
NB You should not be charged a PRS fee if all the music you are performing is out of copyright. Members can take a look at Information Sheet 3 in the Members area for further details. |
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We have discovered our venue is licensed, but we have made a PRS payment to Making Music. What do we do? |
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If you end up paying PRS fees twice, we can refund monies paid in error to us. Please write to us with details and we shall send you a cheque. Please note we cannot refund monies received more than 3 years ago. |
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We have received a red A5 PRS Declaration Form with our Annual Payment Form. What do we do with it? |
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The red A5 PRS slips are to help PRS distribute income fairly to copyright owners. You can either save these to send in with your Annual Payment form for next year's membership renewal, or send them into the Making Music office at any other point during the year. PRS asks you to complete section 2 of the declaration slip, which involves a representative of the venue signing and confirming the performance. However, although this is useful information to PRS it is not essential, so if this is onerous or difficult PRS has agreed that slips can be returned without this section completed. Attach each slip to a copy of the programme and keep to send in with your next Annual Payment form and accompanying royalty payment.
To download the pdf of the form please click here |
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Do we have to pay PRS fees and how do we do this? |
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If you are performing a copyright work, the promoter of your performance is responsible for paying a royalty fee to PRS.
If you are the promoter of your own performance, this means you are responsible for paying the PRS fee. However, if you are simply engaged to perform a copyright work, you do not need to worry.
The promoter of a concert containing copyright work should check if the performance venue has a PRS license. The payment is paid via the venue. If the venue is not licensed, the promoter should pay the fee through Making Music.
For full details including a guide to which musical works are in copyright, please take a look at Information Sheet 3 in the Members area.
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My question is not on the list! |
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Please look around our website or drop us an email:
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 info@makingmusic.org.uk
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Content last updated:
12 October 2008 |
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