23 - Public performance—discotheques, concert halls, cinemas, theatres, clubs, hotels, etc.

Abstract

Owners, occupiers, and managers of places of public performance are concerned with copyright because public performance is one of the restricted acts of copyright applicable to dramatic, literary and musical works, sound recordings, and cinematograph films. In considering any question involving the performance of music, it is essential to distinguish between the performance of a record and a live performance. The general practice of the PRS is to grant licenses to the companies and the people who are responsible for managing places where music is performed, either live or recorded. It should be noted that the license is not normally granted to the performers of the music or to the people who actually play the records, but to the person who controls the premises where the music is performed.