British radio listeners can once again hear the music of Neil Young, the Doors and Journey.
The three artists, along with Bonnie Raitt, were removed from the playlists of all BBC stations earlier this month over royalties. The payments for the playing of those four artists could not be made via the standard agreement with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the network would not negotiate and make separate payments to each artist.
As of today, the BBC has struck an agreement with Wixen Music UK, which handles all three artists, to allow the payment to flow through MCPS.
The BBC has been able to find a licensing solution by working together with the music publisher Wixen Music UK and with the MCPS. Works composed by the Doors, Journey and Neil Young are now mechanically licensed under an arrangement via MCPS and are available for use on BBC Radio and for the consequent download on BBC Radio iPlayer. The licensing solution enables us to include the works on both BBC radio and the BBC’s radio catch-up services, however the rights are not available for television or other audio visual use via the BBC’s collective licensing arrangements with MCPS.
There is no word on the status of the music of Bonnie Raitt.
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