Permission has been granted to appeal a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal regarding the NLA’s proposed web end user licensing scheme in the UK / Meltwater Group and PRCA

London, 7 November 2011: Meltwater Group and the PRCA welcome the decision by the UK Supreme Court to grant permission to appeal a recent ruling handed down by the Court of Appeal regarding the NLA’s proposed web end user licensing scheme in the UK.

Since 2009 Meltwater and the PRCA have stood alone challenging the NLA’s licensing scheme both in the Courts and in the Copyright Tribunal. If unchallenged the scheme will increase costs to Meltwater customers and all users of commercial media monitoring services, many of whom are PRCA members.