Geez, this copyright crap is getting waaayyyy out of hand!
I never realized these laws were sooo strict in the UK! You actually have to have a license to play music on the phone when people are on hold?
PRS took similar action against car repair chain Kwik-Fit last year,
demanding payment of £200,000 in damages simply because car mechanics
frequently played their radios loud enough for others to overhear. PRS insists on a license regardless of the means by which the music is
performed, so those of you in the UK had better think twice before humming a tune within earshot of another human being.
This is just ridiculous!
So, i guess if your driving down the road with the music up loud enough that somebody outside of your car can hear it, you would have to have a
special license or you
could get fined!
The radio stations pay a license fee to be able to broadcast music so other people can hear it already, now they want every person who plays the radio
loud enough for somebody else to hear it to also pay a fee?
That is utterly ridiculous!
This has
GOT to be greed at its
WORST!
They are taking this copyright issue way too far!
arstechnica.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 6/14/2008 by Keyhole]
