The annual licences, costing £200 plus VAT, were introduced by royalty collection agency PPL in September.
DJs who copy tracks onto computers or MP3 players without one are breaking copyright law, the organisation says.
This includes legally-purchased downloads, which are normally licensed only for personal use, as well as copies of tracks from records or CDs.
http://www.ppluk.com/ppl/ppl_lf.nsf/PDFs/$file/Digital_DJ_Licence_FAQs.pdf
Worth a read….
I think everyone is too greedy. Greed drives the world and it sickens me.
Gentlemen, the world you are describing is one where everyone pays for every listening of a song, every reading of a story or every viewing of a movie. Eventually that concept will extend to other non-IP products. Where does this end?
Here’s the solution: Change the copyright law. Change the copyright law on music to five years maximum. After that, it goes into the public domain. That solves the DJ problem and forces the music industry to get the most from a song in the five years it is out (which is about all they care about anyway). Want to charge per listen? Sure. After five years, anyone can copy it, mix it, or listen to it.