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Old July 8th 10, 09:11 AM posted to uk.tech.digital-tv
Dave Plowman (News)
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Default Hit with a £1,500 bill for having a radio on while giving customers a trim.

In article ,
Mark wrote:
Ah from your links I see that from a UK Copyright point of view that it
wouldn't be covered under "fair dealing", however I wonder if PPL/PRS
have any sort of fair usage scheme or whether they chase pub quiz
masters up and down the country. Maybe a playback of "x


I would imagine that they would chase pub quizzes to get their pound
of flesh if it was feasible for them to do so. However it is possible
that the pub would already have paid their license fees so the quiz
would be covered already.


Most pubs have a TV which could be playing music on occasion and also a
sound system. Would the licences from those cover things?

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