escort700bhp

i had a woman from the performing rights association call me today asking if i had a licence to play my radio in the workshop! WTF
a new law has been passed and it now costs you £134 a year to play your bloody radio if you have a few employees listening to it

are they taking the piss?

Jasesapphy

iTrader: (1)

its not new mate

escort700bhp

im not paying it ,take me to court!!

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Its been around for many years and they have started cracking down on it over the last couple. Not really much you can do!

fuzzy

youd have thought the radio stations licence to play would cover it but it doesnt surprise me. no radio played= less advertising of songs available and less sales. good plan really.

escort700bhp

news to me , anybody know of anybody thats been charged with it?

fuzzy

how many employees listening before you have to start paying?

Ade

That's nuts!!!

Can't you just say you don't? Or will they send out some Colombo type to investigate this terrible crime?

escort700bhp

didnt ask but i need one with 3 employees ,bugger that !,if it comes to it im binning the radio. i even asked her if it was ok to play it if it was in a car but no!, but it was ok to play as long as my employees had ear plugs fitted LOL .this country is fooked

Fil

https://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-discussion/241404-performing-rights-what-a-joke-really.html

https://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-discussion/232330-legal-rights-to-listening-to-a-radio-at-work.html

https://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-discussion/259641-performing-rights-society.html

fuzzy

i would have laughed her out onto the street. so when i pick up my mate and apprentice i cant listen to the radio in the van?

baba

totally agree this country is fucked.....theres morons get paid to think up these fucking laws.

roro22

The guys next to my work got done for it
We aren't allowed the radio anymore because of it
load of wank, the company won't even let us pay it ourselves!

legend289

A guy near us had this happen, he just told them to fook off and hasn`t heard anything since. That was about 18 months ago.

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Bring in your favourite slipknot cd's and play them all day. I'm sure your bosses will soon change their minds

Lee Reynolds

Yes you can cos you dont employ them do you???

Lee Reynolds

Its the entertainment license. Like playing music in a pub....same thing. they crack down now n then like with most laws!

Nash_mr2

here's my .2 cents.

"fuck em"

roro22

PAUL V

Tell them to get lost, they have no power at all !! they can not take you to court

JPA

sorry to say you are wrong there mate , they can raise a court action against you
we had them in our work where we have 150 employees and also play the radio to customers on hold , was going to cost us 3k plus per year , i binned about 4 letters and blanked all the calls , lasted about 6 months till summons to appear came in
needless to say our radio is now off and some of the guys have thier " own" radio to listen to and if someone else should happen to hear it then , well , what can you do
another way round it for us was to get digi box and play radio through that as wee already have tv licence

john

fuzzy

get 2 radios ,1 at each end of your office/workshop and tune them to the same station .that dilutes the ratio of people listening and avoid the need for a license?

Lee Ivatt

iTrader: (1)

was just about to link that lot, beat me to it

Graham S1

e2a: although saying that, you probably need a pub type license to braodcast the tv to more than 1 or 2 people. They'll get ya one way or another! Go for the 2nd radio idea.

SiZT

Is the 3 employees including you? If so inform them that your at the limit allowed and if they ask whether any customers can hear the radio explain that they aren't allowed in the workshop due to H&S

cabrio zo

From the title I thought you meant Amatuer 'HAM' Radio licence, 10-4 a copy

Z

mrjenrst

it happened at our place last week, boss come round the building telling everyone to turn the radio's off untill it was sorted and it would cost 1k for each building, it lasted quiet for about a day then every cunt turned them back on

fuc know's if we've a licence or not

Matt Evans

What a load of old bollox.

I thought the opening post was a wind up TBH, but it appears not.

Who the fuck thought that little "law"up?

dojj

iTrader: (3)

have it on the telly, just cover the screen with something

or issue each employee with a radio so they can listen to it themselves

or just tell them to bu their own and put it through expenses so that you don't actually have a company radio on site

SmuJ

What a shit law. I thought Offcom had given up with all this crap. They couldn't stop the pirates so lets take down the limited companys playing their radios! This world has got some serious issues.

They can't proove it though. Say if they come in tried to stop you just ask your colleges are you listening to it and get them to say no. How can you 110% proof that someones is listening to the radio in an open envinoment?

Big G

Tell em the workforce are deaf You presume they are because they dont listen to you

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

Aly,
You haven't got a radio in your workshop, so what are you worried about .

RSturboJET

I don't know if this is in Ireland, but:

Its just like putting a speed limit on racing!
Its total and utter bolx. Its not like artists etc. first intended on scavenging money from radio listeners in workplaces. They probably don't care with the amount of money they make from one single!
Some smartarse thought they'd make money from it and is obviously making major cash now.

If they came to my door and threatened to do me for it, i'd probably smash the radio in front of them.

jonosi

this is such a crap law

where i work we have had to turn off all radio's cos they wont pay for a license so a few decided to use mp3 players which was stopped too

i cant stand the silence, makes the work day absolute crap