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Originally Posted by obowl
Is anybody else being "oyned" by the PRS(Performing Rights Society) for several months now we have been receiving mail from these people telling us we need a licence to play music in shop!!!..Its on in the back workroom and is inaudible in the shop?????(only Oasis here is green and brick shaped)
Several other shopkeepers are geting the same mail shoots,one who is a one man barber(one chair 3 customer seats,has been told by PRS that its £100.00 for first year then £30.00 each year thereafter.
I once read something saying"That if the music you play is incidental and not the main reason for visiting your shop you do not need a licence,but since that i have read,that any music played in a commercial premises whether incidental or not requires a licence...Even if its in the staff workroom???
If this pursuit of charging for any played music continues whats the outcome,will we have to have a licence to play the radio in our cars(i thought we paid a licence "T.V" this includes radio as well)so if you travel in your ar alone you dont need a licence,if you work alone you dont need a licence,but if someone gets in your car"licence time"or if someone works with you "licence time"..........Surely this cant be right!!!!
Carrington PLEASE HELP!!!!Help if you can,just to clarify it cause i can't make "moss nor sand" out of it
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These people are having a field day with all retailers so it's not just florists. However as far as I am aware - because we have the same problem - as long as the music can only be heard by 5 or less people and/or isn't in a public place (ie the shop) you don't need to pay.
Which is why, although we have 6 sound systems in our building, because they are all in individual offices with no more than 4 people it doesn't count. What we do have to pay for is the hold music we have because that's in the public domain.
Therefore, as i understand it, if the sound system is only in your workroom and there are 5 or less people there and the customer definitely can't hear it then you are safe.
However will get onto Austin and check our information and let you know if it's changed
Carrington