On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:08:07 +0100, Phil Da Lick! wrote:
> Thufir Hawat wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:54:36 +0100, Homer wrote:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Phil Da Lick! spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> These idiots need pulling into line. Playing the radio in a non
>>>> public forum is not a performance.
>>> Playing the /radio/ is not a performance. Period.
>>
>>
>> It's the broadcast which is performance, not the listening.
>
> Radio stations pay the PRS for broadcast performance rights and have
> done for ages. This is about the PRS using the lame excuse that more
> than one listener of an individual receiver constitutes a reperformance
> and is therefore subject to a license. We more or less told them to fuck
> off when they rang here. Mind, we don't have the radio on but that
> didn't stop them ringing. And ringing. And ringing. Couple of letters
> too. They seem to have basic comprehension issues. "We don't have music
> on" seems perfectly straight forward to me.
paranormal research society? prs guitars? top two google results! I
assume that's some sorta brit thing? I didn't read the whole thread.
How strange, you got a call from sorta industry watchdog?
-Thufir
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