PRS also represents songs controlled by other collecting societies around the world through its reciprocal deals with those other societies. The society usually owns the performing rights of its members’ songs, so has the exclusive right to license unless any one writer chooses to opt out of that system, as they sometimes do. With real world live shows, a promoter usually gets a licence from the local song rights collecting society, so PRS in the UK. Which is to say, what licences do the organisers of a livestreamed show need in order to cover the performance and streaming of the songs contained within their show. When livestreamed concerts became big news during the COVID pandemic – as many artists looked into livestreaming as an alternative to real world gigs – there was much debate about how such events should be licensed. The society also points to a Rolling Stone report that claimed more than five million people had watched the show, suggesting that it was possibly made available to access for free in some markets. It reckons that one show – which was also available on-demand for a time after the initial airing – was viewed in over 150 countries and attracted 285,000 ticket sales. UK collecting society PRS is suing livestreaming platform LIVENow over allegations it delivered a number of livestreamed shows without having the right licences in place.Īccording to Law360, in a lawsuit filed last month and just made public, PRS cites in particular the big Dua Lipa livestream in November 2020 which LIVENow delivered. Business News Digital Labels & Publishers Legal Live Business PRS sues LIVENow over unlicensed livestreams By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 12 January 2023
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