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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 9, 2008 13:34:09 GMT
I was in a second hand shop down Stoke the other day and the woman behind the counter said she was bored. I suggested she turn the radio on. She told me if the radio was on they would get fined as they don't have a licence to play music. What a bollox law. Thats insane. Is that right? Or could she have been lying?
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Post by salopstick on Jul 9, 2008 13:35:25 GMT
entertainment licence needed
unless your listening to radio 1
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2008 13:41:35 GMT
I'm pretty sure you can play 'background' music without the need for a PEL?
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Post by bradwell on Jul 9, 2008 13:47:55 GMT
why haven't you changed to Joeinstoke
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 9, 2008 13:48:07 GMT
It was a strange thing to say. Perhaps she was just starting a rumour.
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Post by Stafford-Stokie on Jul 9, 2008 13:51:41 GMT
Tis true sir. There was a chap on central news last month that had been either fined or told to get a licence for his car repair shop. I am pretty sure there was a taxi driver also had the same bollockin.
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Post by tigger68 on Jul 9, 2008 16:25:25 GMT
tis true i work on a potbank and my boss keeps getting calls telling him its 50 odd quid for a licence if he gets caught playing a radio its a 1000 quid fine i have to wear a personal stereo......wankers........they'll charge us to breathe next......  |
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Post by Cityfullergoals on Jul 9, 2008 16:28:06 GMT
Dont give em any more ideas tigger
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Post by stokieroo on Jul 9, 2008 19:30:23 GMT
you have to have two! A PPL licence and a PRS licence...and they are fookin expensive! Depends on what premises you run, you may also need a Premise Licence!
You have to have one to play music to people whilst they are on hold too. Wouldn't mind but most people pay shed loads of money for a licence and then play shit!
We pay a fair few £,000's for ours each year....its crazy.
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Post by algor on Jul 9, 2008 20:22:33 GMT
It's true mate every business in the country is being haressed by these swines now, we have had several letter's from them in the past month. 1 of my customers admited having commercial radio on in the factory and received a back dated bill for 10 grand. I know a good few companies that have now turned the radios off! It will be the death of local radio staions as pretty much all of there listeners are at work. No listeners = No advertising income. This is the result of people downloading music for free (I have no axe to grind with this) but I guess the music companies have to make there money somehow. |
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Post by ricksastokie on Jul 10, 2008 0:50:34 GMT
you have to have two! A PPL licence and a PRS licence...and they are fookin expensive! Depends on what premises you run, you may also need a Premise Licence! You have to have one to play music to people whilst they are on hold too. Wouldn't mind but most people pay shed loads of money for a licence and then play shit! We have a PRS licence at work to cover our call holding music. However I believe you don't need one if you only play music that has expired as far as copyright is concened e.g over 100 years old. That's why so there are many companies that use classical music or Greensleeves as their call holding tunes. |
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Post by daverichards on Jul 10, 2008 6:07:21 GMT
Its such a bollocks law though , the wording of it means that any working driver who has the radio on or plays music that other people can hear is breaking the law, well fuck them, my window is down, and if its a good track everyone around me can hear it too cos my vans got a bloody loud stereo
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Jul 10, 2008 7:09:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2008 9:09:58 GMT
You see this is what the police do when we have such a well run, crime-free country, they have nothing better to do.
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