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DIRECT LICENSING policy (Public performance and transmission rights)
Our direct licensing policy
1.1 These are the direct licensing guidelines of Skulduggery Records (we/us/our). At present we do not have the capacity to directly licence any of our sound recordings or music videos for public performance or transmission.
1.2 Given the legal and administrative costs involved with direct licensing we are unable to offer direct licenses at competitive rates for public performance or transmission. We will review our position every 12 months to consider whether the size and skill base of our organisation enables us to engage in direct licensing.
1.3 In the meantime, if you require a licence for the public performance or transmission of one of our sound recordings or music videos you should contact the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) at www.ppca.com.au or call (02) 8569 1111.
1.4 If you wish to provide any feedback or comments on our direct licensing policy, please email skulduggeryrecords@yahoo.com.au.
Thopha saccata, commonly known as the Double Drummer, is the largest Australian species of cicada and reputedly the loudest insect in the world.
The adult male has on each side of its abdomen—the "double drums"—that are used to amplify the sound it produces.
They emerge from the ground where they have spent several years as nymphs from November until March, and live for another four to five weeks. They appear in great numbers in some years, yet are absent in others.
