MCPS Limited Manufacture Licence
Most of our clients will fall under the Limited Manufacture Licence which grants 'blanket' permission to legally use any music on a CD.
4 Part Music can sort this out on your behalf but we have shown the current pricing below in order that you can make an informed decision.
Copies |
< 25 mins |
> 25 mins |
1-5 |
£7.66 |
£12.26 |
6-20 |
£20.42 |
£32.68 |
21-50 |
£27.57 |
£42.89 |
51-100 |
£40.85 |
£65.36 |
101-250 |
£71.49 |
£102.13 |
251-500 |
£102.13 |
£163.40 |
501-1000 |
£204.26 |
£326.81 |
Prices shown are inclusive of VAT at 20% and current as of March 2012.
What rights and formats are covered under the licence?
The LM licence may not cover all the rights that you might need to produce and distribute your product. For example, if you are using 'dramatic music' on your product (such as a ballet, musical or opera), you will need to secure the grand rights directly from the owner of those rights before licensing the musical work with MCPS. If you are recording a performance using orchestral/vocal material music hired from a publisher, you will also need to secure prior permission.
Inclusions - The following uses ARE covered by the Licence
1 Schools, colleges, universities, local education authorities, private tutors, students Recordings of student performances for sale or giving away to students, family, friends or to raise funds for the school.
Recordings solely used for the giving and receiving of tuition.
Student films that are shown only as part of the students' course work, educational assessment, student competitions and the students' personal portfolio.
2 Churches and other religious establishments Recordings of choirs or other services for sale or giving away to members of the congregation, family, friends or to raise funds for the church, or institutions of other religious denominations.
3 Private and domestic use
(Includes professional wedding videographers and funeral service above) Recordings of private events such as: weddings, christenings, bar mitzvahs, family holidays and funerals, which are sold or given away to family and friends associated with that event.
Recordings made for playing at private events such as: weddings, christenings, bar mitzvahs, family holidays and funerals.
Copies of existing films or recordings transferred from video (e.g. VHS) or audio (e.g. CD) formats to other physical formats (e.g. DVD-Video) solely for private and domestic use by the owner of the original version, their friends or family.
4 Amateur societies Recordings made for playing and showing only as part of the practicing, participating and competing in recognised amateur society activities, including: musical gymnastics, horse dressage, synchronized swimming, amateur dramatics and amateur film making.
5 Charities Recordings of community projects music or otherwise, funded by non-business entities and supported entirely by voluntary contributions and voluntary workers, which are sold or given away to members of the community, friends and family.
6 Amateur Musicians Recordings made by non-record company affiliated musicians that are sold directly to audiences, family or friends, including amateur orchestras, singers and bands.
Exclusions - The following ARE NOT covered by the Licence
1 Record Companies Any recordings produced by record companies using a third party distributor.
2 Feature films Any professionally made films, any film made with the aid of corporate sponsorship or any films exploited by means of a restricted or general release.
3 Premiums and corporate uses Any recordings or copies of recordings that are sponsored, paid for, or used as any form of incentive or advertisement to purchase or acquire products or services of any form that relate to any form of corporate company or entity.
Any corporate training videos or any other forms of recordings used in-house or in a business to business capacity by any form of corporate company or entity.
4 Cover mounts Any products accompanying any form of magazines or newspaper.
5 Charities Any charity that employs on a PAYE basis and is anything other than described in the inclusions above.
6 Karaoke Any karaoke products (including on-screen graphic rights) of any kind.
7 Games and toys Any games, toys or novelty products of any kind.
8 Grand rights/ dramatico works All uses of grand or Dramatico Musical Works other than as permitted under these terms.
9 General Any uses that are not specifically covered in the list of inclusions.
