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About Us

Founded in 1941, Phonographic Performance Limited, also known as PPL India, is a performance rights organization licensing its members’ sound recordings for communication to the public in the areas of public performance and broadcast. PPL owns and/or controls the Public Performance rights of 450+ music labels, with more than 70+ lakhs international and domestic sound recordings.

Who are We ?

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Who are We ?
PPL India represents some of the world’s and India’s major record labels, including Lahari Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Speed Records, T-Series, Universal Music, and Warner Music and is India’s largest and most respected public performance rights organisation.  
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Global Music Access
By purchasing a PPL licence, you have exclusive access to the entirety of our collection spanning a plethora of genres including Bollywood, Pop, EDM, Rock, Hip-Hop, Classical, Jazz, Country, Dance, and others by thousands of iconic artists from across the globe.  
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licensing Authority
By virtue of Assignment Deeds and/or exclusive Licenses executed by its Member Music Labels, PPL issues licenses under section 30 of the Act, and such licenses are valid under copyright law as held by several Hon’ble High Courts Pan India.                                            
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What We Do?

Under the Copyright Act 1957, every business entity or individual must obtain permission from the copyright owners of the sound recording before any public performance takes place. We enforce our rights by ensuring that user comply with the law and pay copyright holders for the music they consume. We are a no profit no loss organisation and the royalties we collect are given to the rightful owners of the music. PPL India collects royalty by issuing licenses to commercial establishments/premises/venues like hotels, discotheques, clubs, lounges, bars, pubs, shops, stores, malls, salons, hospitals, offices, amusement parks, buses, taxis, aircraft, events, shows, etc. for on-ground public performance i.e. communication of sound recordings/music of our members to the public. We also issue Radio Broadcast licenses for usage of members repertoire to Broadcasters on their Terrestrial radio stations, Community radio stations, and National public radio stations. The validity of a Background performance license can be 1 year. The validity of the event license is only for the time specified for the event/show.

How it Works

Have any Questions? You can write to us at [email protected], WhatsApp us at 9321911020, or call us at 9321911018. You can also see our FAQ section to get answers to your queries.