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Update from Les Mills Australia: As an example under the new scheme a Club with 30 classes on the timetable would pay $23,400 per year to the PPCA (30 classes multiplied by $15) from the previous $1510 per year (30 classes multiplied by 96.8c) - representing a 1500% increase in annual fees.Les Mills has contributed over $250,000 fighting the legal case against the PPCA on behalf of its licensees through Operation Music ( www.operationmusic.org.au ). As a market leader in this space we are extremely dissatisfied and disappointed for our Licensed Clubs, Instructors and Participants alike.The decision handed down yesterday by the Copyright Tribunal makes it fundamentally very difficult for Continue Reading »

Permission to reproduce this article obtained from Les Mills Australia Pacific Now that closing submissions for the PPCA case have finally been heard at the Copyright Tribunal, we thought it timely to give you an update on the case and our assessment of the likely outcome. Members of the fitness industry have been subjected to a large amount of misinformed rumour about the likely outcome and its implications for the fitness industry.Just to recap, PPCA's claim was to have the tariff increased from its current level of 97 cents per fitness class to $4.54 per member per month and $0.99 per visit for a casual attendee at a fitness centre. The proposed tariff would be payable by the club Continue Reading »

This time around our tracklists have been updated well in advance and for those that were missing our tracklists for the past 2 releases can now rest assured that they will hopefully not be published so late in the future. The latest tracklists for the Quarter 3 releases were updated a few weeks ago, however they have just been updated again to include the video sizzler aswell. So now you can hear about the upcoming new releases! Continue Reading »

This groupfitness.org ebay auction for Operation M.U.S.I.C. has now ended and has raised $177.89 for the cause. Thank you to all those who bid on the autographed Les Mills clothing and hopefully this auction has increased awareness worldwide about the predicament the fitness industry faces.Please keep supporting this cause by including a link to Operation M.U.S.I.C. and you can also donate money by using the form on their website. Continue Reading »

Proceeds towards fighting unfair copyright fees  Currently there is a huge threat to the existence of group exercise in Australia as PPCA makes a move to increase music tariffs (the royalty fee that is paid for the privilege of using music in group fitness classes). Therefore Operation M.U.S.I.C. has been an initiative created by Fitness Australia to fight this proposed increase, but is relying on funding and donations for the cause. The PPCA have recently won a case against the nightclub industry and are now currently trying to propose extreme increases in the amount paid in copyright fees for group fitness classes. For more information check out operationmusic.org.au. The worrying Continue Reading »

GENERAL STATEMENT FROM LES MILLS  We have recently become aware of a number of posts on our and other online forums regarding the sale of Les Mills’ instructor resources on eBay and other similar online auction sites. The official position is this.  All Les Mills instructor resources (music, videos, choreo notes) are sold on the basis that they can only be used by Les Mills’ licensed instructors, for performing Les Mills’ group fitness classes in licensed facilities only.  They cannot be resold.  This is clearly stated on the back of the packaging of the choreography kits and on the DVD contained in the package.  Les Mills’ instructor agreements contain Continue Reading »