Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 21 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will introduce legislative proposals to remove the right of Phonographic Performance Ltd to charge fees for licences for the broadcast of music over the radio in offices not open to members of the public.
I have been asked to reply.
These licensing issues are within the remit of the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend Vince Cable. The UK is obliged under European and international level copyright law to give copyright holders the right to collect licence fees for public performance of their copyright works. Case law in the UK indicates that public performance includes performance in public spaces, including offices. The Government have no plans to alter this through legislation.
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