Licences Arranged Directly Between Schools & Agencies

Schools are responsible for ensuring that they have all necessary copyright licences and must determine whether they require licences from:

• Christian Copyright Licensing Limited (CCLI)
• Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)
• Performing Rights Society (PRS)
• Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
• Public Video Screening Licence

These licences do not generally apply to all schools and may vary from year to year, depending on usage.

The Centre for Education & Finance Management (CEFM) administer a number of education licences, running helplines and acting as collection agencies for the Performing Right Society and Public Video Screening Licence.

Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI)

The licenses provided by the Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) to serve U.K. schools for their daily act of Collective Worship are to ensure that the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988 is not breached.

Christian Copyright Licensing International is known in the U.K. as Christian Copyright Licensing (Europe) Ltd. (CCL).

The two licenses that the CCLE operate for times of worship are:

1. The Collective Worship Copyright License (CWCL)
2. The Collective Worship Music Reproduction License (CWMRL)

To purchase the two licenses combined allows you to photocopy words and music from authorised catalogues and books. Alternatively you can purchase The Collective Worship Copyright License on its own which allows you to reproduce (not photocopy) words only.

The CWCL and CWMRL license cover the following areas:

• Projecting hymns and worship songs from a overhead projector.
• Storing and retrieving hymns and worship songs from a computer.
• Creating your own service sheet that contain song words.
• Photocopying music from popular authorised music books.
• Audio or Video recording of music from special celebrations such as Christmas and Easter.

Further details will be available on the CCLI website, CCL also operate a School Event Copyright Licence.

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Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)

The NLA was established by the majority of the national newspaper publishers in January 1996 to implement a licensing scheme whereby fees are payable for the photocopying and faxing of cuttings undertaken by organisations for their internal management purposes.

The charge does not apply to schools wishing to copy cuttings whether it be for internal management purposes or for teaching purposes.

To obtain a license from the NLA free of charge, each individual school needs to complete a questionnaire which is only available via the NLA website (see the 'How to Apply' section).

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Performing Rights Society (PRS)

This licence is required for public performances of music on the school premises. Examples of such performances are: concerts, discos, dances, aerobic sessions (non curricular), at which parents or third parties are present. If any of these activities take place, your school requires a PRS license to avoid infringement of copyright.

Further details will be available on the MCPS-PRS Alliance website.

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Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)

The PPL represents the UK record industry, licensing the use of sound recordings (CD's tapes, discs etc...) on behalf of record companies and performers. This licence is required for the public use of sound recordings during extra-curricular activities at educational establishments.

Further details are available on PPL website, a link to this can be found under the External Links panel.

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Public Video Screening Licence

The showing of a film in public in the UK is an act restricted by the copyright in the film. As a result, all public film screenings require the licence of the copyright owner.

Organisations such as schools may wish to show films for entertainment or background purposes. The Public Video Screening Licence is available from the Centre for Education & Finance Management (CEFM).

The PVS Licence has been devised so that organisations in the UK can obtain just one licence each year that permits them, on terms, to show films in public for no charge to fixed audiences (Featured Screening) and to transient audiences as background entertainment (Background Screening).

Under the terms of the PVS Licence it is the licensees' responsibility to obtain physical copies of any films they wish to screen. They may obtain such copies on VHS video or DVD from legitimate retail or rental outlets.

It is a fundamental term of the PVS Licence that no charge is made directly or indirectly for the screening. Promotion of a screening is allowed only in very limited circumstances and it is not permitted to use a screening to promote or endorse any other goods or services.

Any questions should be directed to the Centre for Education & Finance Management.

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