Marion Horwood

Head of Copyright

Marion brings more than four decades of copyright licensing experience to FCLA, having spent 42 years at PRS for Music.

For around 38 of those years, Marion was Litigation Manager within PRS for Music's in-house legal department, where she was responsible for copyright infringement and legal debt recovery. In 2018, she also undertook an 18-month assignment with the PPL PRS Ltd joint venture, helping to establish, train and manage its infringement and debt team.

Since leaving PRS for Music in 2020, Marion has worked closely with FCLA Legal Director Nick Kounoupias, advising and assisting licensees dealing with a range of UK collecting societies and licensing organisations, including CLA, NLA Media Access, AVLA, MPLC and Filmbankmedia.

Her extensive knowledge of PRS for Music, its tariffs, and the terms, conditions and processes surrounding TheMusicLicence gives Marion a valuable understanding of the complexities that licensees can face.

At FCLA, she uses that experience to help clients understand when and why a licence may be required, how licensing terms have been applied and whether those terms are fair and accurate.