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One Simple Solution for Copyright Compliance
By working with studios around the world, we’re able to give our clients access to tens of thousands of titles for public screenings. The MPLC Blanket License allows our clients, their employees, or their customers to show or stream these films and TV shows without having to report every title they screen.
A simple licensing fee is tailored to how your organization plans to stream, show TV or film, and other audiovisual content.
Show covered content as often as you need, without tracking every title or reporting each screening.
Receive public performance rights from thousands of rightsholders through one simple license.
Use content from common consumer sources, including DVD, Blu-ray, streaming, downloads, broadcast, cable, or satellite TV.
Before you show TV or film or stream content, make sure you understand when permission is required and which type of license applies.
A license may be needed even if you do not charge admission, collect a cover fee, or make money from the screening.
Content shown outside a private home setting may require public performance rights, even for businesses, nonprofits, members, patrons, or closed groups.
The Blanket License covers many non-ticketed screenings, but charging admission or publicly promoting a specific title may require a different license.
Supporting producers worldwide, the MPLC Blanket License covers the studios and distributors we represent whilst protecting organizations from the hidden risks of unlicensed streaming, TV and film content.
For nearly 40 years we’ve been working with major copyright holders from global Hollywood studios to independent producers.
A single blanket license is needed whether you stream, download, play physical media, or show programming from cable and satellite. MPLC represents major Hollywood studios, including The Walt Disney Company, Universal, and Paramount, alongside thousands of independent TV studios and producers.
MPLC determines license fees based on the type of facility and intended license use. We strive to provide simple and affordable license solutions.
For nearly 40 years we’ve worked with major copyright holders from global Hollywood studios to independent producers, protecting their rights and extending the reach of their content to countless viewers worldwide.
Many organizations are not aware that there can be a gap between accessing content and having permission to show it in a business setting. If TV, films or streaming content are shown anywhere in your workplace, this is a public performance absent any legal exemption. An MPLC license helps close that gap so you can continue using our rightsholder content with confidence.
Without the right license, businesses can be exposed to unintentional copyright risk. This often happens without awareness. A license removes that uncertainty and provides reassurance that your use of content is appropriately covered.
The MPLC Blanket License provides a simple, all-in-one solution. Instead of securing permission for each program or film, one annual blanket license covers a wide range of content from thousands of rightsholders across your organization. It removes the need to track usage or manage permissions screen by screen, making compliance straightforward.
Yes. MPLC works in a similar way for TV, films and streaming content. Just as ASCAP and BMI cover music use in public settings, MPLC covers video content.
MPLC has been in business for nearly 40 years and has provided licenses to tens of thousands of businesses, government entities and non-profit organizations across the US and in 27 other countries around the world. MPLC’s US licensees include well-known restaurant chains; major hotel brands; healthcare networks; Fortune 500 companies; auto dealerships; campgrounds; property management companies, HOA, and apartment communities; federal, state, and local government agencies; and small and medium sized businesses who want to operate their businesses in compliance with all federal laws, including the Copyright Act.
MPLC also works with the top restaurant/bar, dental, senior living, campground, auto dealership (and more) associations to help their members continue to publicly perform TV, news, and film content (legally) at their premises. And most, if not all, of these tens of thousands of MPLC licensees also have cable/satellite business channel TV packages to deliver content to their premises, in recognition of the fundamentally complementary nature of these channel packages with the underlying content that MPLC licenses.
The MPLC Blanket License is a simple, affordable annual fee. You don’t need to tell us which movies you are showing or watching. There is no ongoing reporting or admin paperwork.
The cost of a license depends on how many locations & employees the business has.
MPLC Blanket Licenses are affordable, easy to buy, and can be put in place immediately.
You can find a full list of all the rightsholders and producers that we represent here on our rightsholders page.