Published Price to Dealer
In the music industry, the Published Price to Dealer (PPD) is the wholesale unit price of a recorded work. It is often used in recording industry contracts as a basic figure for defining royalty shares.{{cite book|title=The Art of Music Production|author=Richard James Burgess|author-link=Richard James Burgess|pages=[https://archive.org/details/artofmusicproduc0000burg/page/149 149]|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2002|isbn=9780711990104|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/artofmusicproduc0000burg/page/149}}{{cite book|title=Music Business|author=Nigel Parker|pages=252|chapter=Contracts|publisher=Sweet & Maxwell|year=2004|isbn=9780421899308}} Compare Suggested Retail List Price (SRLP).
Uses
- In the UK, the cost of a Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society mechanical licence for record labels is set at a percentage of the PPD. This is the same for mechanical licences within continental Europe, with Bureau International de l'Edition Mecanique, which charges 11% of the PPD.{{Cite web |title=Q. Do I need to register with royalty collection agencies abroad as well as in the UK? |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-do-need-register-royalty-collection-agencies-abroad-well-uk |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.soundonsound.com}}{{Cite web |title=BIEM - FAQs |url=https://www.biem.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=20&Itemid=442&lang=en |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Bureau International de l'Edition Mecanique |language=en-gb}}