PRS for Music sued by songwriters over royalties

A group of UK songwriters and composers has initiated legal action against their own collective management organisation, PRS for Music.

The group, which includes King Crimson’s Robert Fripp, among others, has been joined in the action by direct licensing specialist PACE Rights Management in a bid to “overhaul the implementation of procedures and policies” they claim are “prejudicial to their interests and to the interests of PRS members more broadly”.

The songwriters say the action centres around three key points in relation to the licensing and administration of live public performance rights by the organisation:

“PRS members are treated as second-class citizens in their own organisation”

“It has created a situation where, for instance, a songwriter whose works are performed at a concert selling…

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