Annual Report - The Rental & Lending Directive
We, in common with the rest of the industry, have spent most of the year
waiting for the government to publish the new legislation. That delay, is
in itself, a sign that our lobbying efforts along with those of the other
organisations, have caused the government to think again and it likely that,
in one way or another, performers will receive a right to equitable remuneration
for uses of their sound recordings from record companies.
PPL have announced
that 50% of this revenue will be allocated to Performers and this they have
done out of the goodness of their own hearts and not for any other reason
than that they want to be fair to all concerned.
We shall continue during 1996 with our efforts to ensure that these new revenues are handled in a
fair, accurate and transparent way and that our members participate in them
according to the contribution that they make.
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