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A car repair firm has been taken to court accused of infringing musical copyright because its employees listen to radios at work.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm

What a bunch of fools.
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The Modern world we live in

[Edited on 08-10-2007 by Jambo]
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It probably because it's a public place

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What? Surely you are allowed to listen to the radio at work
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How daft, nearly every garage i have been to has the radio on

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I'm not allowed to listen to the radio at work through fear of this
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we have radio on at work.... its a retail store

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same
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
What? Surely you are allowed to listen to the radio at work


Sadly, if it's a public place, you need a PRS lisence.. Technically, allowing other people to hear a cd you have paid for is breaking copyright, loads of places you walk in have a little "PRS" sticker, if they dont have that, they can be sued. This is why so many stores have their own "radio" station.
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That's quite interesting. The radio stations promote people to listen to thier shows at work quite a bit too...
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yea, the PRS company's tell them to do that, that way they make more money..
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no smoking at work anymore as its classed as a public place, so i guess this comes under the same rule
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the whole "it's a public place" thing is a bit much i recon... does it count as a public place if you host a public party in your own house?

Or.. if you hire a cleaner or something in your own house, does it count as a workplace?..
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I listen to the radio at work.

I dont care.
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my work has to pay a licence to play the radio throughout the building, and it's only contracted to certain times aswell...
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how gay, we have like 6 radios in the workshop, one in parts and then the car radios are on too, i dont see what the problem is though as the radio station pays prs fees to play the music, so essentially prs are collecting twice
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WTf, so basically if your listening to the radio in your car and the windwos are down then you could be sued because someone else can hear it
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essentially what you have to bear in mind is

PRS = moneymaking C*nts..

 
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