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Image credit: Austin Neill<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS has backed down on charging a flat fee to artists live-streams after outcry and pressure from groups such as Music Venue Trust. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PRS for Music<\/a>, a royalty collecting company for songwriters and composers as well as licenser for music events in the UK, has backed down from a plan to charge grassroots and emerging venues, and artists to perform in small-scale livestreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company announced last week that PRS<\/a>-registered organisers of live-streamed events rasing up to \u00a3250 would need to pay a flat fee of \u00a322.50, rasing to \u00a345 for events generating between \u00a3251 and \u00a3500. The fees would result in an increase of takings being paid out compared with the 4.2% of takings at in-person gigs, which due to the pandemic and lockdown rules are not happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision caused outrage within the music community and naturally Twitter was full of outcries and damnation towards PRS<\/a>. Music Venue Trust<\/a> head Mark Davyd called it \u201cDisgraceful\u2026 a tax in the middle of a crisis on people who need the money.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pressure mounted on PRS<\/a> and they have backed down. Live-streamed events generating less than \u00a3500 will now be covered by a free licence, providing artists are only performing original material. It also stated that: \u201cWe are committed to agreeing a discounted rate for larger concerts as soon as possible to make these licences available to the market,\u201d suggesting that their original proposal of a tariff of 8% to 17% would be revised down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Music Venue Trust<\/a> were extremely vocal on the suggested fees and welcomes the backdown, speaking on the u-turn they said the MVT<\/a>: \u201cwarmly welcomes this logical revision\u201d explaining that it had been announced \u201cwithout consultation or discussion with the sector most impacted by it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Music Venue Trust<\/a> also encouraged further discussion: \u201cGrassroots music venues want to pay the right songwriters an appropriate fee for the use of their material. The creation of songs is the beating heart of what our sector is about. Let\u2019s work together to fix a broken system that recognises and rewards that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS<\/a> explained the flat fees were \u201cinformed by feedback received over the last nine months by those looking to stage these events and conversations with key shareholders, including promoters and managers\u201d, and it was now \u201caccelerating its ongoing dialogue with key stakeholders on an interim rate, while the physical live sector is closed, for online concerts in the coming weeks\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The return of live music and a possible summer season still hangs in the balance<\/a> and Glastonbury cancelling <\/a>has sent shockwaves through the sector. It\u2019s no now looking more likely that we won\u2019t see the return of live music until late 2021 or even 2022. However, some festivals, especially those that smaller and on later in the year are hoping to be able to go ahead. Organisers have also called on the UK Government to implement a covid insurance policy, similar to the one given to TV and Film. This has not yet been confirmed but culture secretary Oliver Dowden has hinted at support to come, saying on 21 January: \u201cWe continue to help the arts on recovery, including problems around getting insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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