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PPL is a not-for-profit company, acting as it does for and on behalf of all its members. All income, after running costs, is distributed amongst the member companies and performers whose tracks have been either broadcast, included in new media services or played in public. PPL's other areas of operations include, amongst others, VPL , CatCo and Music Mall .

PPL, together with the Musicians' Union in the UK, enforced the " Needle Time " regulations which restricted the amount of air time that could be devoted to commercial recordings on the BBC. These limitations had an impact on the development of Radio in the UK, including Pirate Radio , and even led to the distinctive sound of the Peel Sessions, as radio presenter John Peel preferred to fill the absence of commercial records with live music rather than talk.


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