The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126147   Message #2817118
Posted By: Richard Bridge
20-Jan-10 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Licensing consultation announced!
Subject: RE: Licensing consultation announced!
And ASCAP and BMI are wholly different. They deal with rights (in the USA) in the music: parts of copyright, which are owned by private owners who authorise the copyright owners to collect the royalties due for the public performance of the music.

The Licensing Act (UK) makes licensable all provision of regulated entertainment or entertainment facilities, whether or not copyright is involved. It is a governmental control, not the collective administration of a private right.