PRS For Music Statement Regarding European Court Of Justice Judgement On Music Use In Dental Surgeries

PRS for Music is aware of the guidance given last week by the Court in Luxemburg on licensing music rights specifically for the rights of performers and record labels in dentists’ waiting rooms. This judgement has no immediate impact on PRS for Music’s licences to dentists in the UK, and we have been advising our customers as such.
A PRS for Music licence pays royalties to those that have written, composed and published music as defined in UK law and we will be monitoring the next stage of the process in the Italian Court of Appeal.
This judgment is unhelpful and confusing to customers and runs contrary to the rights of creators and performers to earn when their music is used in business, whatever that business is.

Source: PRS for Music