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Phonographic Performance Limited | |
| Founded | 12 May 1934 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Decca Records, EMI |
| Merger of | Association of United Recording Artists (AURA) and the Performing Artists' Media Rights Association Ltd (PAMRA) into Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) in 2006 |
| Type | Private company limited by guarantee |
| Location | |
Area served | International |
| Services | Music Copyright Collective |
| Revenue | £272.6 Million (2022) |
| Website | www |
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) is a British music copyright collective.[1] It is a private limited company that is registered in the UK. PPL was founded by Decca Records and EMI and incorporated on 12 May 1934,[2] and undertakes collective rights management of sound recordings on behalf of its record-company[3] members, and distributes the fees collected to both its record company (rights holder) members and performer members.[3] As of 2022, PPL collected royalties for over 140,000 performers and recording rightsholders.[4]
PPL continues to be owned by record companies, which it refers to as "rights holders", who are legally the only "members" and the only ones entitled to attend the annual general meeting.[5] In 2023, PPL announced its 2022 financial results, revealing £272.6 million was collected that year, an increase of 7.8% on 2018, and that growth was achieved across broadcast and public performance revenue, but international revenue had decreased from 2021.[6] PPL is a member of the British Copyright Council (BCC).[7]
After administration costs and contributions to anti-piracy activities and music industry charities—all of which are agreed by the membership at the AGM[8]—all revenue generated from PPL licence fees is passed onto its registered record company and performer members as royalties for the use of their recorded music. PPL members range from session musicians and emerging artists to major record labels and globally successful performers. It is free to join PPL as a member.
PPL's field of operation is distinct from the UK's other main music copyright collective previously known as the "Performing Right Society",[9] now called PRS for Music, which was founded in 1914 and originally collected fees for live performance of sheet music.[10][11]
As of 2018, PRS has entered a joint venture with PPL under a Leicester-based private company called PPL PRS Ltd, which aims to make it easier for their customers to obtain a music licence, which they have called "TheMusicLicence".[12][13][14]
PPL's CEO is Peter Leathem OBE.[15] Leathem was awarded the OBE for services to the music industry in the Kings 2023 New Years Honours List.[16]
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