General Chat

i know it sounds mad ..

but its cause its bein broadcasted on company property,,xx

Rach....we have our own radios for our own personal use in each of our offices (those who wish to bring their own radios in)....it's not being broadcast throughout the premisses......guess it's the same as.... but it's us not the company who's doing it....

Jules cant remember off the top of my head how much it is.........

but it has been law for a long time i've been in the same job for 14yrs an we have always had to have one......

it pretty much the same sort of thing as usein the internet...IE....you have to be coverd by your t,v licence for that too...
if you dont have a t,v licence you shouldnt legally be usein the internet ...


agree wat a country we live in.....Pmsl

It's like this going digital thing on your tv...Great ! not only do we have to buy a tv licence but now we are being force to have sky or cable or freeview and paying for that too !

Hi Ann...nice to see you.

First time I've heard about it I must say. :o)x

DD....guess they're breaking 2 sets of rules then....public noise act & broadcastin Music to the public.....but do they care about either....not on your Nelly............


But.........if you were to take the law into your own hands n smash his speakers up so he couldn't break 2 set's of rules........who's the one who'll end up in court....???


Hmmmm.....this country has got it Soooo right...lol

this is by no means a new law - you have to pay a licence fee to the Performing Rights Society in order to play music in a public place. I know of this because for years I worked for a tobacco company [Manikin Cigars] and we had a radio which played throughout the factory. You have to purchase a license to broadcast publicly - this was back in the mid fifties.

That is daft Rach isn't it.....

So a taxi driver..........needs to buy his car, Tax it to be able to drive it on the road, Insure it to carry the public, have a licence to use it for the public, n pay for a licence to allow his customers to listen to the radio which is supplied with the car.

Rach...how much is the licence...??

I agree but I'd dearly love to go and slap a few boy racers who park outside my house with their thud thud music blaring while their other half pop's into the shop lol

It is all a bit silly tho isn't it. It all boils down to Money....n who's pocket to line it with.

Trouble is I dont think many people know they have to have a licence and/or care

Hi...it is only illegal if you do not have a licence from the "PRS".......

any place of work should have one an has been law for many yrs......if the buisness does have one it also covers for all vechiles used by the buisness,,,

only know this cause i have just had to renew ours for work..an the price has increased to a ridiculous ammount which is why alot of small companies have not renewed,,Rachel..xx

P.s yr car (if only used for private use )..is covered by yr t,v licence...daft init..xx

They are breaking the copyright law playing music while you wait on the end of the phone.

It's all down to private useage and very technical...like if you buy a cd you can make as many copies as you like for yourself but not for other people...or if you watch your own video/dvd you legally cant invite the whole town in to watch it with you.

Oooh goodie

Does this mean shops will stop playing loud music so I can't think straight while I'm shopping?

Sue

It is illigal to listen to music in a puplic place.I think Im right in saying ,this law came out 2006.
Kay
P.S neighbour playing music really loud at moment,I wonder ..

Strikes me as completely daft.

What if every employee was listening to a transistor radio? That wouldn't be public would it?

Exactly that Tw...just doesn't make sense.

But even when companies put us on hold for hours...if the music they play is Copyright music n they haven't a license for broadcasting it then they're breaking the law.

No so long as the radio station is licenced it's down to them BUT if you decided to put a big speaker in the middle of a shopping centre then you too would have to have a licence

So..let me get this right...it's not illegal for a (lisenced) radio station to play music, but it is illegal for us to listen to it?

Radio has been an integral part of our lives for more than 60 years now, and it's now they decide to tell us we have been doing wrong all this time?

The mind boggles.

It's the same with downloading music...it's illegal but too many people are doing it so they can't control it.

I guess if youve had a letter then someone has snitched and they do occassionally take some to court.

Legally we can't post lyrics either but Im not loosing sleep over it lol