performing rights society... R-soles.....

DCodd

bump!!!!:j

BFG_2

Rather than merely bumping it on here...which will return very little for your effort, why don't you write to the FSB or post about it on their boards etc?

DCodd

BFG wrote: »

Rather than merely bumping it on here...which will return very little for your effort, why don't you write to the FSB or post about it on their boards etc?

FSB have an even larger thread on their forum already, and yes I have been posting there too:beer:

EDIT - If anyone belongs to another forum that may benefit from a link to the petition then please post it or let me know and I will - 121 sigs now so still need at least another 379 before November!!!!!

McKneff

iolanthe07 wrote: »

I hate music in shops anyway. I leave as fast as I can and will always patronise shops that don't have piped music, if I possibly can. Piped music in restaurants and pubs is horrible too. Good on Wetherspoons for not allowing it.

Its not just music shops and piped music in supermarkets.
If you have music on 'hold' on the telephone you must also pay for a licence

DCodd

McKneff wrote: »

Its not just music shops and piped music in supermarkets.
If you have music on 'hold' on the telephone you must also pay for a licence

That does depend on what music is being played.

Blagsmid

phlogeston wrote: »

Like most people in this world, artists like to be paid for their work.

Your friend is playing music in a public place and is required by law to have a licence.

The normal TV licence is not a licence for public performances.

The PRS organizes the collection of royalties.

It is not a rip off, it is not a scam. It is a fair method of rewarding artists for their work.

Your argument fails on the question as to what is a Public Performance. The idea that queing chippy customers are an audience at a Public Performance is frankly silly.

DCodd

Blagsmid wrote: »

Your argument fails on the question as to what is a Public Performance. The idea that queing chippy customers are an audience at a Public Performance is frankly silly.

Well said:T

DCodd

123 need another 377:eek:

DCodd

Still only 124 signatures!!

BitterAndTwisted

McKneff wrote: »

Its not just music shops and piped music in supermarkets.
If you have music on 'hold' on the telephone you must also pay for a licence

True, which is why the company I worked for opted to play the "Goon Show" while callers were on hold. And it's true: it does depend on what music is being played. Copyright falls into the "public domain" 50 years after the death of the composer, so a lot of classical music doesn't attract copyright royalties but you'd have a hard job persuading the PRS that all you're ever listening to is out of copyright music.