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    Wow - Congratulations Penny & Sarah!

    ...& Thank you for all your hard work
    Blaze x

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    Hi
    The PPL have just quoted me £109.47 +VAT per year for a background music policy! so i sent them the information you shared on here and told them i wouldn't have any background music anyway.
    Karen

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    Quote Originally Posted by kareninluton View Post
    Hi
    The PPL have just quoted me £109.47 +VAT per year for a background music policy! so i sent them the information you shared on here and told them i wouldn't have any background music anyway.
    Karen
    Well done that's absolutely the right way to handle things!

    If you use music for family / personal listening or for education you do not need a licence

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    Hi
    well i got a response to the "i don't think i need this" email i sent today

    "Hi Karen

    Thank you for your email.

    I can confirm music usage for educational purpose is not licensable by PPL. This means a PPL Licence is not required for your childminding business.

    I hope this helps."

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    Quote Originally Posted by kareninluton View Post
    Hi
    well i got a response to the "i don't think i need this" email i sent today

    "Hi Karen

    Thank you for your email.

    I can confirm music usage for educational purpose is not licensable by PPL. This means a PPL Licence is not required for your childminding business.

    I hope this helps."
    RESULT

    Thank goodness for that - thought for a moment that Sarah and I were going have to 'sdpeak' to them again.


    Penny

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    Quote Originally Posted by Penny1959 View Post
    So there I was doing snack time this afternoon when Sarah 707 phoned me - she was very excited and saying 'We have done it, we have done it Penny'


    Once she had calmed down (a little) she told me that we had both had an email from the very helpful man at Public Perforance Licence UK

    AND - they have added a very important line

    A PPL licence would normally also be applicable if your sole use of music is to educate children as instructed by a recognised curriculum. However, although licensable under the terms of the CDPA (1988), PPL chooses not to license the use of its repertoire in a childminder’s home for this purpose

    So there we have it - after months of keeping on about this we now have the result we wanted

    By now I was just as excited as Sarah - and I think we both need a pat on the back.

    I have attatched the new factsheet - please do share with as many as possible as PPL want ALL childminders to know about this.

    Penny
    For some reason i am unable to view or download attachment

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    Quote Originally Posted by CMinderMandy View Post
    For some reason i am unable to view or download attachment
    It's here x http://www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/fr...ders%20(1).pdf

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    However, I do put music on to soothe one child when going down for a nap, this seems to warrant a licence ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip0803 View Post
    Thankyou x

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    Thank you for signposting this.
    I've now investigated further and it seems that soothing a child before a nap is not part of the ' curriculum', is more entertaining so therefore does come under needing a license.
    So luckily youngest is a musician and is now creating for me a bespoke piece of music that hopefully will replace the current music I use for this LO's naps....and is giving me permission to use it.

    Problem solved.
    Well done Sarah and Penny for working hard on this so that we can all benefit now.

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