2007-10-05 07:19:38 · 16 answers · asked by Keefjan 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes - you pay the Performing Rights Society - otherwise you are infringing the copyright of the artists. Your workplace is classed as a venue and the radio blaring out is a public performance.
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Anyone who gives this the thumbs down is either too stupid for words, or American. Same difference really.
2007-10-05 07:23:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
You need a licence to receive radio broadcasts in the same way you need a TV Licence to receive television sound and vision.
If you have a TV Licence however, it covers radio, so you do NOT then require a Radio licence
2007-10-05 10:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Radio licences were abolished 20 years ago.
2007-10-05 11:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
if radio is going to be played in a place like shop or factory you need a license to do this for recording rights etc will post the link up in a minute
a way to not pay is if staff can listen to radio but in headsets as its not public
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/playingbroadcastingonline/music_for_businesses/officesandfactories/Pages/officesfactories.aspx
2007-10-05 07:28:39 · answer #4 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes you do and the cost changes depending on the amount of people who can hear it and if the general public can hear it.
and if you have a telephone line that accepts calls from outside becareful because there are checks being done throughout the UK.
i cannot find the link to the website where i had to check the license cost but its alot and at my place of work they just took away the radio
2007-10-05 07:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you are the employer.yes
You need a licence. Its called the prefromancing rights soceity licence
2007-10-05 08:05:30 · answer #6 · answered by stormydays 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not if it's only you that can hear it, but if it's broadcast over a PA for all to hear then you def. need a licence from the PRS.
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/playingbroadcastingonline/music_for_businesses/Pages/default.aspx
2007-10-05 07:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
F*** them, you play your radio mate.
2007-10-06 05:17:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either that or quit. I guess the choice is yours to make. If that is what they require then I suppose you have to get one.
g-day!
2007-10-05 11:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES.. you need to obtain the PRS...performing rights society
2007-10-05 07:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by Shaggy 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋