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| Eos loses £1.5m BBC royalty battle and get £100,000 | |
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| The BBC must pay £100,000 a year to Welsh language composers and publishers in royalties - a fraction of the £1.5m they had wanted. | |
| Eos, a collection society that controls the broadcast rights for some Welsh language music, had rejected an offer by the BBC of £120,000 and argued their case at a tribunal | |
| The tribunal spent a week hearing evidence from both sides in September. | The tribunal spent a week hearing evidence from both sides in September. |
| It issued its judgement in the case on Monday. | It issued its judgement in the case on Monday. |
| The BBC says it will now seek to resume discussions with Eos which has yet to comment. | |
| The BBC had told the tribunal held in Caernarfon it was only prepared to pay £100,000. | The BBC had told the tribunal held in Caernarfon it was only prepared to pay £100,000. |
| But in reaching an interim agreement earlier this year, it has been paying Eos a £120,000 annual licence to broadcast its members' music. | But in reaching an interim agreement earlier this year, it has been paying Eos a £120,000 annual licence to broadcast its members' music. |
| Legal costs | |
| The ruling says the BBC must pay £100,000 per annum, excluding VAT. | |
| The term of the licence will run from 1 February 2013 to remain in force until expiry on 31 December 2015. | |
| Sian Gwynedd, BBC Cymru Wales' head of Welsh language programmes and services, said: "We will obviously comply with the copyright tribunal's ruling - a decision they reached after hearing the arguments of both parties in this dispute. | Sian Gwynedd, BBC Cymru Wales' head of Welsh language programmes and services, said: "We will obviously comply with the copyright tribunal's ruling - a decision they reached after hearing the arguments of both parties in this dispute. |
| "Throughout this dispute, we have sought an outcome that is fair to both Welsh language musicians and licence fee payers." | "Throughout this dispute, we have sought an outcome that is fair to both Welsh language musicians and licence fee payers." |
| The BBC spent more than £360,000 taking the issue to the tribunal, contributing £63,000 towards Eos's legal costs, as well as £15,000 towards the cost of Eos's expert witness. | |
| Among the BBC's costs was a bill for £27,720 for an expert witness. | |
| More than £4,000 was spent on travel, accommodation and meals for those who attended the hearing at Caernarfon Crown Court. |