Copyright Licences 2016/17

Since 2014-15 the Department for Education (DfE) has managed the administration of copyright licenses for all maintained schools and academies. Over the past couple of years the DfE has been working with the music copyright management organisations (CMOs) to simplify the way in which their copyright licenses are paid for by schools and academies, and the types of licenses covered have been increased. The DFE now manages the administration of the following copyright licences for all state maintained schools in England:

• 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); and
• hymns and other Christian music (Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI).

The Norfolk Schools site has an updated fact sheet for information for maintained schools, academies and local authorities on copyright licensing in schools for 2016-17.