{"alias":"contentPage","byline":null,"standfirst":null,"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EMotion pictures and other audiovisual works including movies, TV programmes, or any entertainment video by means of DVD, Blu-ray, video cassette, downloads or similar that are available for rental or purchase are intended for personal, home use only. \u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf your Group, District, or County need at licence it\u0027s the responsibility of the Group, District, or County to ensure are covered.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Groups and Districts in The Scout Association the MPLC have a special rate:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIndividual Groups\u003C/strong\u003E: \u00A3170.12 \u002B VAT per year unlimited licence\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDistricts licencing all Groups:\u003C/strong\u003E \u00A320.94 \u002B VAT per Group/per year unlimited licence.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo contact MPLC for more information visit\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.themplc.co.uk/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022The mplc website\u0022\u003Ethemplc.co.uk\u003C/a\u003E or email\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:ukinfo@mplc.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Uk info email address\u0022\u003Eukinfo@mplc.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003ENot sure if you need a licence?\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you wish to show the above in any other place, you must have a separate licence (as detailed in the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988) that specifically authorises the public performance of that work, regardless of the setting, audience size or length of the audiovisual work.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you wish to use such motion pictures within Scouting this will require a licence, as it is outside the personal, home use.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo negate the need to find and contact the copyright owner of each title and report the dates and times for each exhibition or to obtain a licence every time a work is shown, the Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) offer a Licence.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo contact MPLC for more information visit\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.themplc.co.uk/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022The MPLC website\u0022\u003Ethemplc.co.uk\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E or email\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:ukinfo@mplc.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022UK info mplc\u0022\u003Eukinfo@mplc.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MPLC Umbrella Licence is the comprehensive yearly blanket licence provider for over 900 studios and producers which include covering major studios such as Walt Disney, Buena Vista, Dreamworks, Touchstone, Twentieth Century Fox, Hollywood Pictures, MGM, United Artists, Miramax, Paramount, Pixar and Universal Studios. 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