Policies & documents

The Inverclyde Music Festival is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement
with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society. This means that entrants do not have to
seek copyright permission for any poetry, prose or solo dramatic items performed, to a time
limit of 10 minutes.
Performers and teachers will be delighted to know that their participation in the Festival
means that authors will be directly reimbursed as a consequence of their work being performed at this Festival.
Duologues and group dramatic activity are not covered by this agreement, and copyright for
these items should be sought by performers at the time of entry. Solo dramatic items must
be announced with title and author at the time of performance to qualify for copyright indemnity, and the performer must not change the words or gender of the character.
All performances using music from shows in current production are subject to copyright law.
Songs from shows in current production may be sung as a concert item, i.e., with no costume
or movement without need for copyright permission.
Where movement or costume are included in a performance, copyright permission is required, and the Festival Committee accepts these entries on the basis that the appropriate
copyright permission has been sought.
Performers or teachers with queries on how to obtain copyright permission for performance
items should contact Festivals House on 0870 7744290 before making their entries.