Submitted by johnh on November 28, 2005 - 18:09.
IMRO, the Irish Music Rights Organisation, would seem to be the Irish equivalent of Britain's PRS and PPL merged into one. Edit: That should be PRS and MCPS. PPI handles phonographic performance, and (double-woo!) also licenses fairly.
The stunning part is that it licenses internet radio in a fair and sensible manner. As of now, you'll pay between 4% and 9% of net revenue (which is between 44% and 100% of what regular terrestrial radio pays in Britain), with a minimum of €1393 per annum.
Now that's something for Ireland to shout about, and a very good reason for anyone operating in Britain to pack up shop and move.
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