PPL - Phonographic Performance Ltd

If your tracks are broadcast on the radio or played in public you would benifit from being a member of PPL. If you do not register with PPL they will not be able to pay you any airplay royalties you are due.

PPL issue the liscences to all radio stations, broadcasters, internet radio, pubs, clubs and resturants. All fees collected are distributed to the qualifying perfromers and the owner of the sound recording.

If you are a record company and your tracks are broadcast on the radio or played in public, you need to become a PPL member to ensure you receive any airplay royalties that may be owed to you.

Whether you are a featured artist or a session musician, if any tracks that you have performed on are broadcast on the radio or played in public, you need to register with UK Performer Services, a service division within PPL, to ensure you receive any airplay royalties that may be owed to you.

There is no joining fee.

For more information go here.

Information reproduced by kind permission of PPL Ltd.