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in w-anchors the lot of these damn euro bums. makes me sooooooooo
Ok, so how many of you listen to radio at work via a radio or maybe over the interweb ?
Local garage with two employees just fined £2k for listening to radio.
I'm lucky I'm not based at headquarters but they have had two phone calls now, the second one...... "we can here music in the
background, we will be doing random spot checks, if you are still listening to the radio you will be fined"
So now the lads on shop floor have no radio to listen to, quoted £1200 for a licence to listen ?
I know hard up musicians, but don't the radio station already pay a loyalty everytime they play a song ? As for local radio who is gonna pay to
advertise on there if all the day time listeners have been chased off ?
BTW two in a works van/car, need a license, how daft ?
What a bunch of old arse.
On the other hand, I wish they'd start fining these inbreds who walk around in vests in winter playing music from their phones - get some
earphones you f*@kwits!!!
And those who play music via their earphones so loud it is audible to all!!
sorry I don't get this at all
what is this about? how can you get fined for listening to a radio???
Fraid it's true. We wanted to put a radio or CD player in our waiting room to make it nicer for everyone but couldn't without paying out. Not sure whether we could if we were playing CDs of royalty free music though.....
interesting reading on here, particularly about a possible scam.
http://www.fsb.org.uk/discuss/forum_posts.asp?TID=599&PN=1
[Edited on 11/7/08 by meany]
stealth tax
fin w-anchors the lot of these damn euro bums.
makes me sooooooooo
Just don't all come to Canada at once, all right? But if you do, would you mind bringing a few parts with you while you're at it? Shirley
there is room for a bit of CF from the nice boys as Carbon Mods that wouldn't weigh much??
Sharing music is still pretty much unenforced as we speak, although there is an ISP in particular that "grasses people up" as you might
say.
[Edited on 11/7/08 by RK]
Hi,
I work in the radio industry and PRS and PPL are currently really screwing the industry. Ever wondered while all the web radio you listen to is ether
american, BBC or just a re-broadcast of local FM. It is because PPL and PRS effectively closed down all legal UK independent web radio by charging per
song, per listener!
The comment about local radio and advertisers is totally true and it is really hurting radio.
It is important to keep in mind taht these are commercial organisations that are contracted to collect money on behalf of the musicians, publishers
and record companies. There is no government money involved, just PRS (and PPL) looking to maximse profits. I have been told (off the record) that as
much of 80% of collected revenue goes in administative charges, certainly they have really nice offices in London.
Artists have a right to be paid for there work, I don't think many would disagree with that but what these organisations forget is that listening
to radio is still the primary way people here new music and they may not buy it from HMV or download from iTunes unless they hear it and like it
first.
Sorry to rant but it is an area I have strong views about!
Sorry
Liam
Well all I will say is long live Lime wire and the like, I’ve downloaded masses of Gb’s of music for free burned tons of CD’s for friends & family
and I don’t give a toss so there. Can’t wait till the BBC dies either.
When the internet came along the music fee Gestapo lost all control and they’ll never get it back, what a shame freaks like Jackson and Britney are
loosing out on their millions, how I morn for them 
[Edited on 11/7/08 by Mr Whippy]
The music people have also closed down several guitar tablature sites. How do they expect kids to learn to play guitar and work for them later on, get addicted to drugs, become very frustrated, and die young?
Has anyone been succesfully prosecuted yet?? I can't imagine the Police or CPS would be particularly interested in thsi sort of thing??
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Originally posted by eznfrank
I can't imagine the Police or CPS would be particularly interested in thsi sort of thing??
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by eznfrank
I can't imagine the Police or CPS would be particularly interested in thsi sort of thing??
why not? Sounds just their kind of thing, little chance of danger, much safer than pursuing a drug dealer...
I saw someone buy drugs last night from a guy in a red BMX, so blatant, even saw him putting the packet in his pocket
Anyway can tv detector vans really do what they claim?? Or is it just a scam?
[Edited on 11/7/08 by Mr Whippy]
The lengths that are being gone to in the name of protection of copyright are getting out of hand, what is needed is a massive reduction in costs of legal music, films and software and the problem of rip offs would vanish over night.
Probably explains the shear number of druggy in Aberdeen, I was told by my neighbour who is a retired cop that they (the police) were aware that drugs were being sold outside the local primary school to kids going home from guys in parked cars. I kind of thought, well then why are they not being arrested? very odd.
This started some time ago with the PRS in our industry (telecoms ) with music on hold.
It works like this.The PRS make a fishing call ringing businesses or just lately sending out letters and asking whether you have music on hold or play
music in the premises, the person who answers the phone probably doesnt have a clue what the PRS is or of the need for a licence answers in the
affirmative and whammo theyve gotcha. The letters are worded in a very threatening way spouting about £1000's fines and worded as if they have
already visited your premises and heard the music which they havent.
Personally I'd treat this as a legalised scam and its beneath contempt.
If they call you or write you a letter just say no, no music here guv.
I know ignorance of the law is no excuse but all in all a pretty stupid regulation if people dont hear music how are they going to buy it.
Cheers,
Bob
the music version of parasitic wheel clampers, they should be publicly beheaded
Isn't it really to do with whether or not members of the public can hear the music being played on the radio? If they can then the music is being
performed in public. Yes, I know they are stretching a point but the PRS has been doing this stuff for decades, it's nothing new.
It's why background music is almost always recorded by other people rather than the original artists.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
The lengths that are being gone to in the name of protection of copyright are getting out of hand, what is needed is a massive reduction in costs of legal music, films and software and the problem of rip offs would vanish over night.
They did the same to the bike shop my friend runs, phone call and voice says we can hear music. He replied, yes it's some w@nker outside with a
car radio on full blast I'll be glad when he's gone and put the phone down. Never heard from them since.
On the tax fuel idea, you'd have to have MOT and Insurance stickers in the car window if road tax was on fuel
luckily doesnt affect me as i work in peoples houses, so i cant stop them putting their radios on!