Management Information Sheet

Since 2014-15 the Department for Education (DfE) has managed the administration of copyright licenses for all state-funded schools and academies.

As the DfE pays all of the below licenses on their behalf, please check your records to ensure that your school is not paying these licenses on an individual basis :

• print and digital copyright content in books, journals and magazines (Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA))
• printed music (Schools Printed Music Licence (SPML))
• copyright content in newspapers and magazines (the Newspaper Licensing Agency media access (NLA) licence)
• recording and use of copies of radio and television programmes, including from a number of catch-up services (the Educational Recording Agency (ERA) licence)
• the showing of films (the Public Video Screening Licence (PVSL) and Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) licences)
• payments for musical performances of covered work (Performing Right Society for Music (PRS))
• playing recorded music (Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL))
• rights to make CDs and DVDs containing copyright music (the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS))
• hymns and other Christian music (Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI))

Please view Norfolk Schools at the below link for more information and additional links :
www.schools.norfolk.gov.uk/School-administration/Legal/Copyright