Regulation & Codes of Practice
A) What are the names of the two companies that licence radio stations to play music?
□ MLA & RPS
□ PPL & PRS
□ PPS & PSS
For a bonus point, what do the above acronyms stand for:
B) Performing Rights Society
C) Phonographic Performance Limited
D) What else do the above companies collect and distribute for music artists/songwriters/publishers?
They collect royalties.
E) What would happen if a shop / club / radio station didn't purchase licences from these bodies and were found out by the PRS/PPL?
They would be fined if they were found out.
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F) What is the name of the regulator of the Broadcast and Telecommunications Industries?
OFCOM
G The document that sets out the principles, meanings and "practices to be followed” by the Broadcast industries is called the:
The Broadcasting Code
H) Name three of the areas (sections) of the “Code” and two examples of what that section states you cannot do on Radio.
Protecting the Under-Eighteens
- No violence or drugs
Religion
- A religious group must not be abused
Privacy
- Infringement of privacy must have the person's content or be warranted
