MUSIC SERVICES B2B (BUSINESS TO BUSINESS) MCPSI
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY BLANKET LICENCE (IPC)
INDIVIDUAL SYNCHRONISATION (SYNC) RIGHTS MCPSI
MCPS TV BLANKET LICENCE
MCPS TV Blanket Licences are for Republic of Ireland broadcasters or for broadcasters that provide a satellite uplink via the Republic of Ireland. There are licences available for major TV stations as well as a restricted service licence which will appeal to smaller TV stations and community stations
What do the licences allow you to do?
They allow you reproduce (i.e. copy/synchronise) musical works within general entertainment television programming. They also cover the use of MCPS production music publishers’ sound recordings.
What rights are covered by the licences?
The rights covered are the mechanical synchronisation right for the commercial works and both the Mechanical Sync and Recording Sync rights of Production Music and Production Music Sound Recordings, providing access to approximately 10 million pieces of music.
An IMRO broadcast blanket agreement is needed in conjunction with this licence.
What do the licences exclude?
Adaptation, alteration, sampling or arrangement of members’ commercial music requires prior approval from the copyright owner. Reproduction of musical works as parodies, or the use of music in a deliberately derogatory way is also excluded under the TV Blanket Scheme.
