Free Play Music Society™
Aims: Mitigate Extortionate Shop Music Blanket License Fee,
 Exhibit List of Registered FreePlay Composers & Lyricists
Exhibit List of Registered FreePlayLabel™ CDs
Support Shop Victims of  Illegal Music License Litigation
Repeal UK "Music Prohibition" Laws 

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Home Page
To Mitigate Shops against Bullying, Intimidation & Extortionate Music Prohibition Fees.
In all other industries Product Publicity is Welcome! So why not Music?

Site still under construction. For answers to any questions, please phone 020 8998 4372.

Believe it or not in the United Kingdom there is  "Music Prohibition" in Shops & Public Venues 

MYTHS ABOUT PRS & PPL BLANKET LICENSE & MUSIC PROHIBITION LAWS
Question 1 Having bought a Blanket License from PRS & PPL, shops can legally play anyone's music! TRUE or FALSE?
Answer: FALSE! Shops cannot play anyone's music, certainly not copyright music outside PRS & PPL control.
             PRS & PPL Blanket Licenses only permit shops to play copyright music within PRS & PPL control.
             Shops playing copyright music (without permission) outside PRS & PPL control are breaking the same music prohibition law
             used by PRS & PPL to enforce music performance prohibition. As neither PRS & PPL provide Lists of their Members
             it is difficult (if not impossible) for a shop to know if they breaking a music prohibition law!   

MYTHS ABOUT PRS & PPL FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BLANKET LICENSE FEES
 Question 2 Income from PRS & PPL Blanket License fees is distributed fairly to members whose CDs are heard in shops! TRUE or FALSE?
Answer: FALSE! On the contrary. most PRS & PPL members whose CDs are heard in shops receive a pittance or nothing at all. 
           Shop Blanket Licensees do not need to keep registers of the CDs played which proves fair distribution of income impossible.
           PRS & PPL websites are far from transparent on distribution of Blanket License fees - no statistical information is provided
             as to which artist or musician receive the most income, nor any figures as to region of income. The system is open to abuse.


FreePlayLabel™ CDs & Membership
 Question 3 What is a FreePlayLabel™ CD?
Answer:     A FreePlayLabel™ CD is an FPMS™ registered compact disc that may be played in shops & public venues without a license.

Question 4 Why is no license required to play a FreePlayLabel™ CD in shops & public venues?
Answer:    This is because conditions of FreePlayLabel™ CD registration include free public performance permission from copyright holder, and
                 termination of membership of all music prohibition societies.

Question 5 How does one recognise a FreePlayLabel™ CD?
Answer:      A FreePlayLabel™ CD is endorsed with the FreePlayLabel™ logo & FPMS registration No., checkable for validity.

Question 6 What are the advantages of CD Label registration?
Answer:      Greater CD sales from increased free public exposure of the music, and snowball sales effect.

Question 7 Will music shops have special sections for FreePlayLabel™ CDs & Prohibited Music CDs?
Answer:      Yes definitely! A FreePlayLabel™ CD Section and a Prohibited Music CD Section (License Required).
                   There are no prizes for guessing which section will flourish.

 Question 8 Are there any membership fees to join the Free Play Music Society™?
Answer:      No. All memberships of the Free Play Music Society™ is voluntary & free*. That includes Shops & Public Venues,
                  Composers, Lyricists & Music Publishers, Vocalists & Musicians, CD Labels & Record Companies.              
              
    
Question 9 Does the Free Play Music Society™ collect or distribute royalties on behalf of members?
Answer:     No. That's why members are assured of impeccable honesty & integrity of the Free Play Music Society™.

 Free*   After receiving significant financial benefits, the FPMS™ welcomes voluntary tokens of appreciation from satisfied Members, which are used
to fund FPMS™ expenses - any surplus is used to sponsor "SAVE THE PLANET" inventions, nominated by the Institute of Inventors.
For information on how to make voluntary tokens of appreciation, please phone 020 8998 6372 & 020 8998 4372.

Free Play Music Society™
19,  21 & 23 Fosse Way, Ealing, London, W13 0BZ
 + 44 (0)20 8998 6372      + 44 (0)20 8998 4372
FPMS is a new Division of  the
 Institute of Inventors
Specialists in Intellectual Property Rights
 Established 1964