strathspey@strathspey.org:44899

Phill Jones

RE: The Strathspeyer's CD - Mix and Match - MCPS licensing

March 29, 2006, 11:03 p.m. (Message 44899, in reply to message 44898)

Iain,

MCPS stands for Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (see
www.mcps.co.uk).  It is the mechanism for paying royalties to the
composers of any tunes still in copyright that are recorded on the CD
and is charged based on the number of CDs produced, how long the tune
lasts on the recording etc... and whether the composer is a member of
the MCPS.

MCPS is also closely link to the PRS (Performing Right Society -
www.prs.co.uk) who you have to pay a license to if you want to play any
music, live or recorded, in public or broadcast any music.

Having gone through the MCPS process myself last year, I can tell you
that the process of applying only takes a couple of weeks from when you
send the form off but good luck filling the forms in in the first place
:-)

Rgds,
Phill Jones