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Originally Posted by kitten kapers
An email was circulated round my workplace a couple of days ago:
Performing Rights Society - Playing of Radios & CDs must STOP[font=Arial]
On advice from Legal Dept it is no longer acceptable to play music (within our premises) on the radio/CD or any other method that can be heard by more than one person as we may be liable for charges by the PRS (Performing Rights Society).
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Hmm, I would contest that. Charges from PRS (or indeed the PPL folks, who are cracking the whip as of late for some unknown reason) apply to what is called secondary music and include music being played into a public place (i.e a theatre foyer), exit/entrance music being played in an auditorium before and after a performance and hold music on telelphones. Those are the main three you can get charged for and they mainly apply to venues - just out of curiosity do you work in a venue, Kitten?
Aside from that, music being played from a radio station is entirely seperate from PRS so that is slightly odd. Unless I am misunderstanding the context and your place of work is playing CDs into a public area in which case that is secondary music and you are liable to be charged.
Fleur is correct, the venue is the licence holder and is therefore responsible for the use of incidental music so you don't have too much to worry about. The threads that Beatrix has posted for you go into more detail though so I'll be quiet now
xxx L.B