Paying to listen to music at work!

[Kim]

It appears we can now even be charge for listening to the radio, cd or music over the internet at work!

I got into to work this morning and opened my mail to find a lovely letter from www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/playingbroadcastingonline/music_for_businesses/Pages/havewecontacted.aspx stating that if I allow music in my office and warehouse then I have to apply for a licence.

We ( employers) are infringing copyright laws by not applying for a music licence!

Guess where I filed it?

[mistral]

WHAT! Thats crazy! (that's the exact thing i said allowed,lol)

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

This is an old Law.
Strictly speaking any kind of entertainment, whether it be a TV or Radio in a workplace needs to have a licence

[mistral]

What happens if its not on your PC but on your personal MP3 player or cell phone?

[Deleted]

They'll have to fight us to take our radio away lol.

[redbaron]

wasn't a garage recently fined a lot of money for playing music which customers could hear?

[farsideofthemoon]

I work in a BIG office, and years ago we used to have piped music playing in some of the corridors and lifts. It was lift music and absolutely crap

They saved an absolute fortune by stopping playing it.

[oh2bhappy]

May 23, 2008 13:02:25 GMT Kim said:

It appears we can now even be charge for listening to the radio, cd or music over the internet at work!

I got into to work this morning and opened my mail to find a lovely letter from www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/playingbroadcastingonline/music_for_businesses/Pages/havewecontacted.aspx stating that if I allow music in my office and warehouse then I have to apply for a licence.

We ( employers) are infringing copyright laws by not applying for a music licence!

Guess where I filed it?

I know my hairdresser has to have a licence to listen to the radio - and he does get one as they visit premises and he did get caught.

I can't remember how much he paid, but it was some silly sum.