PPNZ Music Licensing ("PPNZ") is a not-for-profit company established in 1957 to administer the performance & broadcast rights of local and international recording artists, labels, producers and distributors within the New Zealand territory.
PPNZ is responsible for licensing and collecting income from the communication and public performance of sound and video recordings. PPNZ can grant licences to any individual or business playing or using recorded music in the public arena. e.g: bars, cafes, retail shops, salons, telephone ‘on-hold’ systems, sports grounds, radio and television broadcasters, webcasters, gyms, function centres and many other premises where performance of recorded music takes place.
| Founded | 1957 |
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| Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Area served | New Zealand |
| Employees | 10 |
| Website | ppnz.co.nz |
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The company was originally called Phonographic Performances (N.Z) Limited, often shortened to just PPNZ. In late 2010, the name was rebranded to PPNZ Music Licensing Limited in order to better describe the main function of the company.
Executive managers of PPNZ:
A public performance is the playing of a sound recording or the exhibition of a music video in public (i.e. a non-domestic environment). Just because a performance is given for free, or the audience is small, or there is no admission fee, or the performance is confined to members of a club, or a limited area, it does not mean it is not a public performance.
There are two copyrights in any recording:
A: The copyright in the song, being the composition and/or lyrics. APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is the rights company in New Zealand which can grant blanket licences for the communication and public performance rights in the musical work and distributes licence fee income to songwriters and their publishers.
B: The copyright in the recorded version of the musical work. PPNZ is the rights company in New Zealand which can grant blanket licences for the communication and public performance of sound recordings and distributes licence fee income to record labels and other master rights owners as well as directly to registered New Zealand recording artists.
The practical effect of this distinction is that the communication or public performance of a recording requires two licences – one from APRA and one from PPNZ.
Copyright exists in the original sound recording regardless of the physical form in which it is issued - i.e. whether as a compact disc, DVD, MP3 or otherwise. The Copyright Act of New Zealand 1994 protects sound recordings against unauthorised copying, public performance and communication. The public performance and communication rights mentioned above are assigned to PPNZ by its members and participants and PPNZ protects and exercises these rights on its members and participants behalf.
The RAP (Recording Artists & Producers) Fund is an innovative scheme designed by PPNZ to support New Zealand artists and producers by ensuring licence fees collected by PPNZ are identified and passed on to RAP Fund participants. New Zealand recording artists and producers who have released a single, album, or video may be eligible to receive payments from the RAP Fund. The payment is shared 50-50 between the artist and the producer. NB:The “Producer” in this context refers to the owner of the master recording . Registration for the RAP Fund is free and does not require artist to be members of PPNZ.
2007-2010:
Sponsor of the award for Best Rock Album at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
2010:
Other public performance rights agencies:
Australia PPCA
Ireland PPI
United Kingdom PPL
International Federation of Phonographic Industries IFPI
List of copyright collection societies
Associated New Zealand sites:
Recording Industry Association of NZ website RIANZ
Love Music website Music education website by RIANZ
Independent Music NZ website IMNZ
NZ Music Commission website NZMC
Official PPNZ website PPNZ
The Music Map (PDF) A pictorial guide to income streams in relation to sound recording and composer copyrights