Bolt_Gundam510 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 by enigmax{one question in the UK do you have to have a linces or what ever to watch tv? click on the link at the bottom of the page and read some of there comments on Torrent Freak if you will please.}Christmas is known world-wide as a time for sharing, a time for giving. But for one charity, instead of Santa arriving with gifts, the copyright police turned up demanding money. Why? Because the charity allows children to sing carols on the premises and their kitchen radio is a little loud. You couldn’t make it up.Be under no illusion, being unlicensed to play music to the public is a very serious situation in the UK. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 states that if you use copyright music in public, you have to get permission from every single copyright holder to play their music. Or pay a fee to the right outfit.Car maintenance chain Kwik Fit is currently tied up in a bitter legal battle with the UK Performing Rights Society (PRS). It’s alleged that Kwik Fit’s mechanics allowed their radios to be played within earshot of the public - a truly heinous crime for which the PRS are demanding £200,000 in damages. According to a report, the PRS are at it again. The staff at a charity also received a visit from a PRS officer who declared that because a staff radio in the kitchen could be overheard by the public in their tea-room, they would need a license. The charity, Dam House, which was originally set up to save a historic building and offer community and health facilities, had to have a fund-raising event to raise the money for the license. However, having purchased a license, this wasn’t the end of the matter. The PRS then started asking more questions, and when they discovered that kids sing in a carol concert there at Christmas, they declared that the premises were under licensed. Yes, of course - the PRS wanted yet more money.“We got really worked up when they told us how much we would have to pay this year” said charity trustee, Margaret Hatton. “They asked us what facilities we had and we think they are charging more because they found out we’ve got a function room.”The next quote from Margaret really speaks for itself - has the world gone mad?“They told us the only way to avoid paying to sing the carols is if the kids are told to stick to old songs which are out of copyright.”Next thing you know someone will be saying ‘Happy Birthday‘ is copyrighted and you can’t sing that to the public in the tea-rooms. Well, unfortunately it is, and legally you can’t.Elaine Hurst, another Dam House trustee explained: “We know the recording artists need to be paid for their work but this is ridiculous.”Every TV owning family in the UK has to have a UK TV License by law, the proceeds of which go to fund BBC TV and BBC radio stations nationwide. To charge a charity money because the public can overhear a radio is crazy, especially when you consider the public already paid another license to be allowed to listen to the content coming out of its speakers. Merry Christmas PRSSource: Torrent Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 This kind of Sh!t P!sses me off. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Sounds to me they are double, or even triple, dipping into funds here.UK TV License? That just sounds absolutely absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman123 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Oh wow, Christmas carols? lmao, it's stupid shit like this that makes it so difficult to feel guilty about pirating music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Tis true. The BBC is a 'state corporation' funded by the imposition of a viewers & listeners tax currently £135 ($270 US) or if you are watching via Monochrome £45 ($90 US) the radio fee is subsumed into the telly fee. We also have to pay a 'Road Tax' { emissions rated between £135-£300) to drive on the roads not all of the proceeds go towards the upkeep of the roads :) }Although we have the lowest personal taxation in the EU............. as the above shows :welcome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustME(original) Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Only in Britain? Pity....(you had to watch the tea commercials to appreciate that sarcasm) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 that really sucks.dont the bobbies have something better to do.like catch terrorists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kow Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 that really sucks.dont the bobbies have something better to do.like catch terrorists?Nope, they're too busy catching people who smoke indoors, speeders and litterers! You really couldn't make something like this up. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loufier Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 wtf copywrite laws are fucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Oh wow, Christmas carols? lmao, it's stupid shit like this that makes it so difficult to feel guilty about pirating music.Your absolutely right!! That is why I also don't have 1 bit of sympathy for any and all of the software and music and movies , etc, etc that I pirate and crack and hack and share.. Fuck Em!!!TGF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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