[cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation

[Clive Glover]

Alex

Don't mention this out loud!

PRS/PPL might demand each car be licensed for listening to music!

Clive Glover

On 11 Feb 2016, at 16:00, Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio wrote:

> The one that gets me is that if someone drives to a local shop with the radio on, no additional licence or royalty is due, but if they set foot in the shop and it has the radio on, a licence suddenly becomes due.
>  
> Equally if two people work alone in closed offices no licence is due, but if they share an office and use one radio instead of two, or they allow someone else into their office, again a licence is suddenly due.
>  
> Mad or what.
> 
> Alex
>  
> From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Coote
> Sent: 11 February 2016 15:04
> To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation
>  
> We’ve run a couple of interviews with PRS on Let’s Talk Business. 1000’s of small businesses who have the radio on also pay for music which PRS has already charged the radio station. They don’t think this is fair.
>  
> Here’s the latest interview http://bit.ly/1PPnORW
>  
> Kind Regards
> Alan
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