Guild Sound and Vision Limited operates a licensing scheme for the off-air recording of designated television programmes. The scheme set out hereunder is operated for the purposes of section 35 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”) in respect of recording of broadcasts by educational establishments.
The works for which licences are offered under the scheme are designated programmes.
The charges payable for the licence (the programme fees) are set out in Appendix A hereto. Licences shall be issued on the terms setout in Appendix B hereto.
“designated programmes” means the broadcast television programmes which shall be those broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation or other broadcasting organisation on behalf of the Open University and the broadcast television programmes broadcast by Channel 4 Television or other broadcasting organisation on behalf of the Open College;
“educational establishments” means any school as defined in section 174 of the Act and any other description of educational establishment as may be specified by order of the Secretary of State under that section(1);
“educational purposes” means the showing of recordings of designated programmes exclusively in teaching, training or study as part of a formal or informal course of instruction undertaken or carried out by the Licensee for non-profit making purposes and where no charge is made on any person for the purposes of viewing the designated programmes;
“programme fee” means the fee payable calculated in accordance with Guild Sound and Vision Limited’s scale of programme fees as set out in Appendix A for the use of a designated programme in accordance with the terms of the licence for a period of up to twelve months from the date of its recording unless or until the licence is terminated pursuant to Clause 2 or 6 of Appendix B; and
“record off-air” means to record by the use of any available playback device on video tape a transmission by broadcast or diffusion of television programmes to be received by television or similar receiving device.
| CATEGORY: 1 | Scale of fees per annum for Schools and Sixth Form Colleges |
| Annual Programme Fees: | £5.35 per programme (plus VAT) |
Each Open College title is assigned to one of six programme groups (A-F). The fee payable for each title relates to the programme group in which the title resides. A list of titles with programme groups is provided to each licensee three times per anum.
| Programme Group | Fee | Programme Group | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
Please note that the FEE relates to EACH EPISODE of a series. VAT is additional. Thus a series of six programmes will attract six programme fees. These fees apply to those programmes which are retained for use. A FREE 28 day period for PREVIEW purposes ONLY is allowed to assess suitability. | |||
| A | £ 1.10 | D | £ 6.65 |
| B | 2.20 | E | 8.90 |
| C | 4.45 | F | 10.00 |
| CATEGORY: 2 | Scale of fees per annum for Colleges of Further Education, Colleges of Higher Education, Polytechnics, Universities and certain other individual educational institutions |
| Number of recordings | Fee per annum or part thereof | Unit cost of additional recordings |
|---|---|---|
Please note that the FEES relate to EACH EPISODE of a series. Thus a series of six programmes will attract six programme fees. These fees apply to those programmes which are retained for use. A FREE 28 day period for PREVIEW purposes ONLY is allowed to assess suitability. | ||
| (Under 5 recordings will be charged at £19.36 per recording) | ||
| 5 | £96.80 | £19.36 |
| 6-9 | ||
| 10 | 155.25 | 15.48 |
| 11-14 | ||
| 15 | 212.55 | 14.20 |
| 16-24 | ||
| 25 | 322.65 | 12.90 |
| 26-49 | ||
| 50 | 594.75 | 11.88 |
| 51-74 | ||
| 75 | 865.75 | 11.50 |
| 76-99 | ||
| 100 | 1,128.50 | 11.30 |
| 101-124 | ||
| 125 | 1,355.40 | 10.86 |
| 126-149 | ||
| 150 | 1,552.50 | 10.38 |
| 151-199 | ||
| 200 | 1,934.60 | 9.68 |
| 201-249 | ||
| 250 | 2,328.70 | 9.30 |
| 251-299 | ||
| 300 | 2,651.10 | 8.88 |
| 301-399 | ||
| 400 | 3,290.00 | 8.22 |
| 401-499 | ||
| 500 | 3,869.20 | 7.15 |
| VAT is additional | ||
Each Open College title is assigned to one of six programme groups (A-F). The fee payable for each title relates to the programme group in which the title resides. A list of titles with programme groups is provided to each licensee three times per anum.
| Programme Group | Fee | Programme Group | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
Please note that the FEES relate to EACH EPISODE of a series. VAT is additional. Thus a series of 6 programmes will attract 6 programme fees. These fees apply to those programmes which are retained for use. A FREE 28 day period for PREVIEW purposes ONLY is allowed to assess suitability. | |||
| A | £ 1.65 | D | £10.00 |
| B | 3.30 | E | 13.35 |
| C | 6.70 | F | 16.50 |
1 GRANT
The educational establishment (hereinafter referred to as “the Licensee”) shall warrant that it is an educational establishment and Guild Sound and Vision Limited shall grant to the Licensee on the terms set out below a non-exclusive licence to record off-air designated programmes for educational purposes.
2 TERM
The licence shall continue from the date of issue for a period of twelve months and shall be automatically renewed for further periods of twelve months unless or until terminated in accordance with Clause 6, or by either side giving to the other not less than one calendar month’s notice in writing to expire on the date of anniversary of any twelve month period.
3 WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF GUILD SOUND AND VISION LIMITED
(1) Warranties: Guild Sound and Vision Limited warrants that it is the duly appointed licensor of the relevant copyright owners and/or broadcasting companies and it has full power and authority to grant the rights set out herein.
(2) Obligations: Guild Sound and Vision Limited shall publish a schedule annually and publish a list of Open College titles indicating the programme category for each.
4 OBLIGATIONS OF THE LICENSEE
The Licensee shall:
(1) Ensure that all recording off-air is made by a lecturer, instructor, teacher or other suitably qualified person appointed for the purpose by the Licensee.
(2) Ensure that recordings of the designated programmes are not edited, cut or amended in any way without prior written permission of Guild Sound and Vision Limited and are not shown or disclosed or passed into the possession of any third party and are not removed from the direct control of the Licensee.
(3) Ensure that the recorded designated programmes are used for educational purposes only and the Licensee shall not itself or through its employees or agents sell, lend, hire or otherwise use or dispose of recordings of designated programmes other than in accordance with the terms of the licence and shall prevent any third party from duplicating, selling, lending, hiring or otherwise using or disposing of recordings of the designated programmes.
(4) Make up, retain and keep made up such detailed and accurate records as may be required by Guild Sound and Vision Limited of the designated programmes recorded and in particular shall complete the log sheets provided by or approved in writing by Guild Sound and Vision Limited.
(5) Affix to each recording in a prominent place and shall not obscure, remove, alter or deface a label which shall include the title of the designated programme and the date upon which it was recorded.
(6) Return to Guild Sound and Vision Limited copies of all duly completed log sheets on dates, not exceeding three times in each twelve month licence period (and on termination of the licence), to be notified to the Licensee in writing by Guild Sound and Vision Limited.
(7) Subject to paragraph (8) below erase any and all recordings of the designated programmes in existence at the expiration of the licence period or upon termination of the licence whichever shall be sooner and shall supply to Guild Sound and Vision Limited a certificate of erasure within 28 days of such expiration or termination.
(8) If the licence period is automatically continued without interruption for a further period of twelve months pursuant to Clause 2 the Licensee may at its option and subject to paragraph (7) above retain recordings of designated programmes provided such programmes remain entered into the log for the following twelve month period and subject always to the proper programme fees thereof being paid.
5 CONSIDERATION
In consideration for this licence:
(1) The Licensee shall pay Guild Sound and Vision Limited (inclusive of VAT) the fees as set out in Appendix A.
(2) Fees payable under paragraph (1) hereof shall be calculated by Guild Sound and Vision Limited annually and shall be payable within thirty days of the date of the invoice whenever sent to the Licensee by Guild Sound and Vision Limited.
(3) The Licensee shall permit its records and accounts to be examined upon reasonable notice in writing from Guild Sound and Vision Limited by Guild Sound and Vision Limited’s properly appointed representative at Guild Sound and Vision Limited’s expense to verify the records and payments for which a provision is made in the licence.
6 TERMINATION
Guild Sound and Vision Limited shall at its option be entitled by notice in writing to the Licensee to terminate the licence forthwith in any of the following events that is to say if the Licensee shall:
(1) Fail to promptly account and make payments hereunder or shall fail to perform any other obligation required of it hereunder and the Licensee shall not have cured or remedied such failure within fourteen days of a request from Guild Sound and Vision Limited (time being of the essence).
(2) Adopt a resolution for its winding up (otherwise than for the purpose of and followed by an amalgamation or reconstruction) or if a petition is presented for the appointment of an administrator or if a receiver or an administrative receiver is appointed in respect of, or an encumbrancer takes possession of, the whole or any part of its undertaking or assets or if the Licensee is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
(3) Cease to carry on the business or function as an educational establishment.
7 ALTERATIONS TO AGREEMENT
Any alteration or variation to this licence shall not be valid or enforceable unless recorded in writing and signed by an authorised signatory of each party.
8 ASSIGNMENT
The licence is personal to the Licensee and the Licensee shall not assign the benefits or obligations of agreement.
9 EXPENSES
Save as otherwise expressed all expenses of and incidental to the fulfilment of the licence shall be borne by the party incurring such expense.
10 FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable in any way for any delays or failure to perform its obligations under the licence resulting from any cause beyond its reasonable control.
11 NOTICE
Any notice or other communication required to be given (whether required to be given in writing or otherwise) shall be given by post, cable, telex or facsimile copy addressed to the party to receive such notice at its address for service being its address contained in the licence or such other address as shall have been notified to the other party for the purpose. Any notice given by post shall be deemed to have been served at the expiration of three days after it is posted. Any notice given by cable, telex or facsimile copy shall be deemed to have been served (at the sender’s address for service) on the date on which it was dispatched.
12 INDEMNITY
The Licensee will indemnify and at all times keep Guild Sound and Vision Limited fully indemnified against all actions, proceedings, claims, costs and damages whatsoever made against or incurred by Guild Sound and Vision Limited in consequence of any breach or non-performance by the Licensee, its employees or agents of any of the covenants herein contained.
13 LAW OF ENGLAND
The law of England and Wales shall govern the licence.
see the Copyright (Educational Establishments) (No. 2) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1068).