So... Apparently playing a radio in a workplace in the UK requires a license, and some group called PRS For Music has been calling up small businesses and demanding that they get licences for radios that play music in the work place.
Seriously.
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WHEN the telephone rang in the room Dick Robson uses as an office in a converted Kent barn, he was alone and listening to Classic FM for company.
?Ah,? said a woman with a broad Glaswegian accent, ?if anybody else can hear your radio it will count as a performance and you will have to pay us for a licence.?
source: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5581353.ece (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5581353.ece)
You also have to pay a license for OTA TV in the UK, that is what pays for the BBC public channels.
...waiting for Mr. Analog to quote the appropriate dialogue from "The Young Ones" here ;)
I still say, if you want people to pay for it, either
a. Don't broadcast it, or
b. Encrypt your broadcast and charge for the decrypter
If I shout really loud and both you and your office worker hear me shouting, do you owe me money for listening to my "public performance"?
Quote from: Darren Dirt on March 09, 2009, 05:52:30 PM
...waiting for Mr. Analog to quote the appropriate dialogue from "The Young Ones" here ;)
THE TELEVISION DETECTOR MAN IS HERE!!!!You need a license to own and operate radios and televisions in your home as well. How do you think the BBC could produce such stunning programming like
Blake's 7 without taxpayer assistance ;)
Also, the plan was for Vivian to EAT the TELEVISION, which he did, but he didn't have to really, I mean Rick had a strong nuclear deterrent with which to force The Man away...
From what I hear, as long as the TV isn't plugged in, you don't need to pay the license, but the collectors will make a large fuss about it, so it would probably be easier to just pay the fee ::)
Quote from: Tom on March 10, 2009, 12:15:08 AM
From what I hear, as long as the TV isn't plugged in, you don't need to pay the license, but the collectors will make a large fuss about it, so it would probably be easier to just pay the fee ::)
Television collectors?
QuoteDuuuuuuuude I just got the 1971 Toshiba Colour 27" Wood Panelled Rare!
Oh yeah? Well I got the 1982 JVC 2" B&W wristwatch TV!
Quote from: Mr. Analog on March 10, 2009, 10:21:46 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 10, 2009, 12:15:08 AM
From what I hear, as long as the TV isn't plugged in, you don't need to pay the license, but the collectors will make a large fuss about it, so it would probably be easier to just pay the fee ::)
Television collectors?
QuoteDuuuuuuuude I just got the 1971 Toshiba Colour 27" Wood Panelled Rare!
Oh yeah? Well I got the 1982 JVC 2" B&W wristwatch TV!
:P