Not music to the ears!

[Beauty Lassie]

I am sure that most of you geeks are aware of the music licence situation.

My sister runs her own hairdressing/ beauty salon and up untill recently she wasnt, anyway few months ago she was contacted and told to pay up (a large sum!:sad which she did and she also removed the radio from the salon as she felt she wasnt pepared to fork out that amount again! All sorted or so she though, anyway a few days ago she received another letter asking for more money, she got on the phone right away to let them know she had paid it and no longer has a radio but it turns out the licence she had already paid was called a PPL but did not completely cover her she also now needs a PRS to go with it for the times she used to own a radio!

The result a very upset out of pocket salon owner!! Also have to say that the tactics from the PRS have been bullyboy ones, lots of phone calls to try and hear if music is being played, letters, and coming into the salon to measure the size of it and trying to take pictures of inside the salon while clients were sitting getting treatments done.

I understand songwriters/musicians need to make a living too like the rest of us but when i go to the shop and buy a cd do they not aleady get a cut?? If i listen to it on my own its fine but if a few people hear it at the same time then they need to make more money from it! I fear the worlds going mad!!!

I also noticed the federation of small businesses has highlighted the pressure and bullying PRS and PPL are putting on already cash tight small businesses.

Just though i would share x

 

[Lash N Load]

Grrr... It is possible to buy prs & ppl free music, so no need for licences.

Did a quick google search and this company sells CDs for £8:

Non PRS Royalty Free Music / Copyright Free Music Library

Hope that helps when her licences expire.

 

[JuicyLucy]

There is a massive (5 page thread) on this on the Nail forum.

http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/161457-whistle-while-you-work-music-licence.html
I've even written to my MP about it following an EU ruling about dentist surgeries.

Have a look when you've got time

 

[Jodie-danielle]

Sorry if I'm jumping in on this but..... I have my own beauty salon with just me that works here, next door is the hairdressers just one man works there, because of the way the shop is set out I can walk next door through a joined wooden door (it's all inside) we share the same toilet so it's one building but separate business's. He gets the licence through and pays and I give him money towards it because I play my radio too, I worry that I will get caught out but he says we pay a licence to the address of the salon, he says they can't do anything because there is already a licence been paid to the building.
What do you guys think? X

 

[Verve Designs]

"I understand songwriters/musicians need to make a living too like the rest of us but when i go to the shop and buy a cd do they not aleady get a cut?? "

I think their argument would be that not everyone in the salon would have bought a copy of the CD.

I'm not sure If I agree or not- but it has a certain logic.

 

[EmJZ]

I am not aware of the laws in the UK but this seems like overkill to me. More that one person can be listening to the music from the CD if you're playing it on your home player or in your car. Could you get around this by using a satilite radio and tune it to the spa/salon channels? or do you have to pay a license for this too?

I'm just curious and confused as we don't have this type of licensing in Canada (not that I'm aware of anyway)

 

[Verve Designs]

"More that one person can be listening to the music from the CD if you're playing it on your home player or in your car."

Neither of those are a place of work or a public place. A salon is specifically using music to entertain clients- and those clients make the business a revenue.

Again, not saying I agree- just giving you the argument they would give you!