[cma-l] Licences

[Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio]

Did you really suggest £2k for a blanket licence Nick? I think that would be
way over the top - not only is it a lot more than many of us pay, but I
would argue that the new joint licence should actually be considerably less
than the total average payment at the moment. This is because they are
saving admin costs by switching to one licence, and should be passing on a
good slice of this saving.

Having a flat rate blanket licence should also greatly further reduce their
admin costs, so if the idea of a blanket flat rate licence were proposed, I
would have said it should be more in the region of £1,000 index-linked for
micro stations (say up to a turnover of £100k index-linked).

There are other anomalies in the system that I would like to see addressed,
but some are tricky. One for example is that if our programmes are broadcast
20 miles to our north by a separate Ofcom licence holder, then a second set
of licences is required by PPL/PRS. But if our programmes are also broadcast
to a village 20 miles to our east and a third one 20 miles to our south by
means of off-air relays under our own Ofcom licence, no additional charges
are payable. Go figure.

Alex

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Dear All

I sent my responses over a week ago, however for the record the 'official'
response has now gone to the CMA + Lucy at PPL, Laura at PRS, Canalside
Staff and Volunteers, Wayne Rooney, Engelburt Humperdinck, Jean Claude
Junker, Barry Manilow, Alan Titchmarsh & Mickey Mouse and of course our
Governing body The Muppets.

Hopefully this can be thrashed out quickly and then we can all get on with
what we are meant to be doing which most definitely isn't    1) being ripped
off     2) bureaucratic pointless nonsense

Nick / Chairman of the UK Banging ones head against a brick wall Society

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