MCPS Membership Agreement (MA2) - PRS

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MCPS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - MA2Page 2016.5“Blanket Licensing Scheme” means any scheme under which MCPS lays down theterms and conditions on which a Blanket Licence Agreement is available16.6“Board” means the Board of Directors of MCPS as constituted from time to time16.7“Code of Practice” means any code or set of rules regulations or guidelineswhether voluntary or contractual issued by MCPS relating in any way to theexercise grant or enforcement of any licence in relation to the Rights or intendedto prevent or limit any infringement of the Rights16.8"Custom-Pressing" means the manufacture of one or more Sound-Bearing Copiesof any Work by a third party to the specific order of any person holding anappropriate licence to so manufacture the same where such licence permitsmanufacture by such a third party and where such third party has no right to dealwith such copies save to supply them to the person holding the licence or to hisorder16.9"Date of Commencement" means the date notified by MCPS to the Member asbeing the date with effect from which this Agreement commences16.10"EU" means the countries which from time to time make up the European Union16.11"European Central Licensing Scheme" means a scheme by which a licence isgranted or made available by one collecting society in the EU to make Sound-Bearing Copies of works in the repertoire of that society inter alia in the EU forthe purposes of the distribution of such copies primarily in the EU on terms whichinclude a term that the royalties or fees arising in relation thereto should beaccounted and/or paid to or as directed by that collecting society16.12"Library Work" is a Musical Work which is normally exploited by means of dubbingfrom a Library Sound Recording containing the work the copyright in which andthe physical property of which is usually owned or controlled by the Member andwhere such musical work has been notified by the Member as being available forexploitation in accordance with any MCPS Library Music Rate Card16.13"Library Sound Recording" means the disc or tape or other sound-carrier on whicha Library Work is reproduced for the purposes of the exploitation thereof
MCPS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - MA2Page 2116.14"Licensing Scheme" means a scheme or tariff or anything in the nature of ascheme or tariff which sets out the classes of case in which MCPS or one or moreof its members including the Member is or may be willing to grant a licence toexercise any Right and the terms on which licences would or might be granted inthose classes of case and shall include for the avoidance of doubt a BlanketLicensing Scheme16.15"Member" means a person firm or company application to become a member hasbeen accepted by MCPS16.16"Membership Registration Form" means the document supplied by MCPS on whichthe Member is required to register the matters referred to in this Agreement16.17"Musical Work" include any lyrics or other words used in association with themusic16.18"Quarter" means any of the calendar quarters ending respectively on March 31 st ,June 30 th , September 30 th , December 31 st16.19"Phonograph Record" means an audio-only record:-16.19.1 in the form of vinyl disc or cassette of compact disc or DigitalAudio Tape or any other medium whether existing now or invented in thefuture and16.19.2 made primarily for the purpose of issue to the public16.20A record company and the Member shall be regarded as "Related Parties" where:-16.20.1 in the case of a record company which is incorporated under theCompanies Act 1985 one is the holding company or a subsidiary of theother or one is the subsidiary of the holding company of the other (all suchterms to be construed in accordance with that Act)16.20.2 in any other case the record company and the Member are thesame person or legal entity or where one owns the business of the other16.21"Rights" means:-16.21.1 the right to make or authorise the making in the Territory ofSound-Bearing Copies of the Works for the purpose of the use orexploitation thereof in any manner or media now known or hereafter
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