Posted on 10/21/2009 5:21:49 PM PDT by Dallas59
Sandra Burt, 56, who works at A&T Food store in Clackmannanshire, was warned she could be fined for her singing by the Performing Right Society (PRS).
However the organisation that collects royalties on behalf of the music industry has now reversed its stance.
They have sent Mrs Burt a bouquet of flowers and letter of apology.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
I NEED such a license. Then I can advertise "I accept donations to NOT sing in public"!
(I'll be rich! *\;-)
It’s the end of the world, as we know it....
Does anyone remember the movie "Popeye" with Robin Williams?
The London SWAT team had a busy Sunday as they kicked in doors for 288 raids on charges of illegal singing. 250 people were dragged from their showers and hauled off to jail in shackles. 100 were watching the telly singing competitions and decided to join in, yet another 30 were children playing. Unfortunately 8 persons were shot dead after refusing to stop singing, obvious resisting of arrest.
London can sleep tonight, peacefully, thanks to ...
London SWAT
this is officially the dumbest thing i have heard/read today.
The BBc has vans that can detect radios and TV’s. They use them to seek out those who didn’t pay their BBC tax.
I sing without a license, but more than a fine it would require a torture charge if anyone actually heard it. Whew! Dodged a bullet there.
I could volunteer my voice at Gitmo and they could save water boarding for the merely annoying prisoners .
You and me both! LOL!
<It’s the end of the world, as we know it....
No kidding and I don’t feel fine.
What the heck is up with the Brits???
Dunno...Bigger Nanny-State than even MN....
Clerk: You *are* a loony.
Man: Look, it’s a bleeding pet, isn’t it? I’ve got a licence for me pet dog
Eric, I’ve got a licence for me pet cat Eric.
Clerk: You don’t need a licence for your cat.
Man: I bleedin’ well do and I’ve got one! Can’t be caught out there!
Clerk: There is no such thing as a bloody Cat Licence.
Man: Yes there is.
Clerk: No there isn’t.
Man: Is!
Clerk: Isn’t!
Man: I’ve bleedin’ got one, look! What’s that then?
Clerk: This is a dog licence with the word ‘dog’ crossed out and ‘cat’ written
in in crayon.
Man: Man didn’t have the right form.
Clerk: What man?
Man: The man from the cat detector van.
Clerk: The loony detector van, you mean.
Man: Look, it’s people like you what cause unrest.
Clerk: What cat detector van?
Man: The cat detector van from the Ministry of Housinge.
Clerk: Housinge?
Man: It was spelt like that on the van. I’m very observant. I never seen so
many bleedin’ aerials. The man said their equipment could pinpoint a
purr at four hundred yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece
of cake.
More at http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/ayshames/Python/FISH.PYTHON
As a matter of interest, what system is used in the USA for collecting royalties for musicians, composers etc when their records are performed in a public place? Presumably there is one. The PRS carries out that function in the UK, on behalf of the music industry.
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