A licence for a radio??!!

My work (dental surgery) have has to have a prs licence to play the radio dependent on how many chairs were in the waiting room and other rooms so more chairs means higher cost and if u want to play mp3 or CDs then u have to pay more as well! However there has just been a EU ruling last month dentists are exempt as people coming in to them are there for treatment and not to listen to music so u never know common sense may prevail!
 
jnhuk said:
My work (dental surgery) have has to have a prs licence to play the radio dependent on how many chairs were in the waiting room and other rooms so more chairs means higher cost and if u want to play mp3 or CDs then u have to pay more as well! However there has just been a EU ruling last month dentists are exempt as people coming in to them are there for treatment and not to listen to music so u never know common sense may prevail!
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See now this confuses me a bit. There is PRS and PPL. Sounded like that it ws just the PRS was exempting dentists?

And how on earth could a dog groomer, who doesn't keep clients in wait rooms, who doesn't have clients in their shops to listen to music. Furthermore, WE can hardly hear it over the dryers either! I guess that for the few minutes that the noisy dryers are off, and the dogs get to listen -- that's worthy of shelling out a few hundred for a license? Now my license is thru PPL - so clealy common sense isn't prevailing there.
 
luckyoldme said:
Be very carefull where you say that... they come in for back dated money!
They come round industrial estates checking... i can get away with it because i work on my own!
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Yes, they can come for back dated money!

But I'm not sure whether the working on your own thing holds water. I was underr the impression that it playing in a business premises at all still counted as broadcasting. I had to prove that I wasn't playing it for the benefit of clients (no waiting room with seats, standing room only, which is completely a seperate room from my work area where the music plays). I don't remember them ever asking how many people worked within my shop.
 
PucciNPoni said:
Yes, they can come for back dated money!

But I'm not sure whether the working on your own thing holds water. I was underr the impression that it playing in a business premises at all still counted as broadcasting. I had to prove that I wasn't playing it for the benefit of clients (no waiting room with seats, standing room only, which is completely a seperate room from my work area where the music plays). I don't remember them ever asking how many people worked within my shop.
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I don t have customer s waiting or anything like that... this is purely a workshop. i hope to employ someone later this year so i will have to sort it for then. most people hate this bill because iys one they don t see coming!
 
PucciNPoni said:
See now this confuses me a bit. There is PRS and PPL. Sounded like that it ws just the PRS was exempting dentists?

And how on earth could a dog groomer, who doesn't keep clients in wait rooms, who doesn't have clients in their shops to listen to music. Furthermore, WE can hardly hear it over the dryers either! I guess that for the few minutes that the noisy dryers are off, and the dogs get to listen -- that's worthy of shelling out a few hundred for a license? Now my license is thru PPL - so clealy common sense isn't prevailing there.
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Link to BBC news report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17379436

I am curious why it is a few hundred for your licence as we have one for radio only and whilst I can't remember the exact price, it never been near or over £100 per year.
 
RobinHood said:
Our PRS licence was around £30 for the radio in the office and for our dressage to music competitions.
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Where do you get yours from?

Can i just say - this is the first time ive used this forum and thanx for everyones helpful comments, theres only 1 that wasnt helpful.
 
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