The music I play in my business is sourced from CDs I borrow from friends or from the Internet – do I still need a licence?
Yes, if you are playing protected recordings – regardless of the source. Be wary, though, if you make copies of CDs that friends lend to you or you download music from the Net you may be guilty of copyright infringement. For more information on music piracy contact MIPI. If you wish to make compilations: • for retail sale / sale to the general public, you should contact the copyright holders, and AMCOS for further information; or • for sale to other businesses for use as background music, you should contact ARIA or the copyright owners and AMCOS for further information. See our links page for contact details. If you would like to make copies of legally purchased CDs or downloads for use within your business without infringing copyright, provided that the premise is currently licensed under the applicable PPCA public performance tariff, PPCA is pleased to offer a ‘Business Copying’ licence on and from 1 January 2010. This licence will be offered as an adjunct to the relevant public perf
