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Copyright row rumbles on.
MCPS-PRS faces tribunal battle despite deals with labels, iTunes and mobile operators
by Paul Williams
The publishing sector is preparing to return to the Copyright Tribunal for battle with some of the UK's leading digital music services, despite reaching a settlement with the record labels last week.
Publishers' association MCPS-PRS is readying its case for new hearings starting in mid-November. While its new ally the BPI is unlikely to join the case, the settlement will be used as evidence of an industry consensus on the online royalty rate.
The deal was struck 15 months after the BPI and seven digital service providers referred the MCPS-PRS Alliance to the tribunal over its 12.0% rate for online royalties.
The agreement was finalised at 2.14pm last Thursday, after the various sides convened at the Law Society's Council Chamber in Chancery Lane, London. MCPS-PRS CEO Adam Singer and BPI chairman Peter Jamieson gave their thoughts on the deal at a series of briefings at the BPI's South Bank headquarters later that afternoon.
They outlined a three-year deal based on a rate of 8% of gross revenue less VAT for downloads, from mobile or PC. A lower 6.5% rate for non-on- demand services - such as webcasts - was also agreed.
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