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16.4.14 SWISSPERFORM: CHF4 millionIn 2008, the 10% allocated to cultural and social purposes was paid to the following institutions: Phono area: CHF2,2 million, of which: 35% = CHF765 000 to the Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS (Swiss Performing Artists‘ Foundation); 35% = CHF765 000 to the Phonoproduzentenfonds (Phonographic Producers’ Fund Foundation); and 30% = CHF670 000 to the Stiftung für Radio und Kultur Schweiz (Swiss Foundation for Radio and Culture). Audiovisual area: CHF1,8 million, of which: 80% = CHF1,45 million to the Schweizerische Kulturstiftung für Audiovision (Swiss Cultural Foundation forAudiovision); and 20% = CHF350 000 for provident care and aid purposes was distributed to Schweizerische Interpretengesellschaft(Swiss Performing Artists Society, SIG), Suisseculture Sociale, Artes et Comoedia Foundation, CAST ProvidentCare Foundation, Film and Audio vision Provident Care Foundation (VFA). See http://www.swisscopyright.ch/7. UNITED KINGDOM7.1. INTRODUCTIONA benchmark study was conducted of the collective management of copyright in the United Kingdom. A range ofstakeholders were consulted, including: the British Musicians’ Union; the Intellectual Property Office (Copyright and IPEnforcement Directorate); the Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL); the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA); thePerformance Rights Society (PRS); and UK Music. These entities not only made time available to conduct the interviews, butalso made numerous valuable documents available to Professor Pistorius to inform the South African process.7.2. STRUCTURE OF THE COLLECTING SOCIETIESMusic (public performance) has two collecting societies: PPL collects on behalf of performers and record labels and the PRSAlliance collects on behalf of composers and lyricists. PRS collects and distributes royalties for musical works that have beenperformed or played. MCPS collects and distributes royalties for musical works that have been reproduced or copied. PRSand MCPS are two separate collection societies joined together in an alliance – the MCPS-PRS Alliance – to deliver bettervalue for their members. PRS for Music is the public brand name for this alliance.The PRS was incorporated in 1914 as a non-profit company limited by guarantee. The PPL was formed by EMI and Decca inMay 1934. PRS administers the rights of public performance, broadcasting and diffusion by cable on behalf of their membersconsisting of:a) composers of music;b) authors of lyrics;c) publishers of such music and lyrics, andd) successors in title of deceased composers and authors.- 156 -