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Education Licence E: AMCOS/ARIA/APRA Licence

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AMCOS/APRA/ARIA Licence for the Reproduction of Musical Works and Sound Recordings by Educational Institutions

The AMCOS/APRA/ARIA licence covers the reproduction of musical works and sound recordings for non-commercial, educational and commemorative purposes.
The AMCOS/APRA/ARIA Licence allows schools to record pieces of music, lyrics and sound recordings for use in concerts and other school events.

Definitions

Grand Rights Works  include vocal or other scores from musicals, operas, operettas, music theatre works, ballets, pantomimes and stage shows and large choral works (longer than 20 minutes duration in their entirety).

School events  include:

• concerts held at the school
• concerts organised by the school at a different venue, where parents and friends are invited
• sports days with recorded music
• school fêtes with live or recorded music

The following are not regarded as school events:

• a dance festival run by another organisation
• an eisteddfod organised by an eisteddfod body
• a performance by a professional musician

What may be recorded?

The AMCOS/APRA/ARIA Licence allows schools covered by the licence to:

• make video and sound recordings by schools of live performances of school events
• dub existing sound recordings of musical works for school events
• distribute video and sound recordings to the students of the school to assist them in music classes or other creative subjects
• distribute recordings of a performance to students for private and domestic use.  The recordings must not be distributed for profit

Permitted Recording Formats

Permitted formats are: sound cassette, videotape, DVD and CD, CD-Rom but not MP3 or MP4 files.

What the Licence does not cover

This licence does not extend to:

• the video recording of Grand Rights Works
• other performances of music set in a dramatic context
• downloading of music from the Internet
• making a catalogue of recordings.

Labelling requirements
On the recording:

• 'This recording has been made under the AMCOS/APRA/ARIA licence for educational purposes only'

On the cover:

• the title
• the composer/arranger,
• and if dubbed from a commercial recording, artist and record company

Recovering costs

Schools are permitted to make recordings for other schools covered by this licence, and recover the costs incurred in making recordings permitted under this licence.

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