PRS for Music




PRS for Music are an organisation of music writers, 
composers and publishers. The organisation brings together two 
collection societies; MCPS and PRS. They exist to collect and pay royalties
to their members when their music is exploited in one of a number of ways; 
when it is recorded onto any format and distributed to the public, 
performed or played in public, broadcast or made publicly 
available online.
 
PRS for Music is an efficient combined rights collecting 
operations. Offering its members more money, 
more often, at less cost and its customers the most 
efficient means by which they can use music.

Where does the money come from?

Money is due to PRS for Music for any public performance of music, 
whether live or recorded, and from radio and television broadcasts and online. 

MCPS generates money through licence fees from the recording of our 
members’ music on many different formats, including CDs and DVDs. 

  Where does the money go? 

PRS for Music and MCPS pay money collected to their writer, composer 
and music publisher members. Both organisations are ‘not for profit’ 
and only deduct a small administration/commission fee to cover operating costs.