Performing Rights Society

[leavemetogetonwithit]

Re: Performing Rights Society

aqualectric wrote:It’s not just you that is upset……..

http://www.phonespamfilter.co.uk/search.php/01425462790.

Steve.
Hmm. Thanks for that, Steve. Interesting link. One example:

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John Quine
Repeated calls from the Performing Rights Society, but it is not the PRS, but a revenue generating company called iResponse, acting on behalf of PRS. Very hard sales attitude and hassassment.

Mike.

[squadman]

Re: Performing Rights Society

I have taken a step back this last couple of weeks having had the PRS ringing me on average 3 to 4 times everyday, Of course I knew it was them as I had tagged their number in my phone PRS Do Not Answer !

Well I was getting a built in Zanussi out this morning and up came the PRS number, blinded by the tenacity of this lot I thought what the hell lets answer it !, Excusing myself from the customers home into the van I answered Good Morning Can I help you ?

The female introduced herself and her organisation then straight into the patter about music and the law. Do play music at your premises she said ? I replied oh yes ! we play a lot of music most days, oh she replied and do you have MP3 players, CD players, DVD Players, Computers and TVs there as well, Oh yes I have most of those, Oh she replied, well she said you require a licence to play music from these types of devices and to not have a licence is not only illegal but you could face a £ 3000 fine !!!!

YIKES !!! Really ?

I then told her that we did not require any such licence as we make our own music, how do you mean she said, I replied that we make our own music and do not require any licences to do so. Oh she siad so what you are saying to me is that you copy music onto media such as CDs and the like and play them, Yes I replied you have it right.

Well she said you still require the licence and as you have admitted to copying music that is a infringement of copyright laws and carries additional penalties including possibly a prison sentence !!!!!

Really I replied,

I then told her that we are not infringing anyones copyright as the copyright to the music we play belongs to us !

What she said ? You mean that you play music and copyright it as well ?

I said yes I told you that at the outset of this call ! She then asked me to clarify the nature of our business, I told her we were Domestic Appliance Service Engineers,

She said well that being the case can you explain how exactly you do this, hoping to catch me out.

I said yes of course I can, we normally start by humming a melody and when satisfied we add harmony to the melody, once thats done we write out a music manuscript after which using various musical instruments we record the result in a recording studio. The end results being that we can play this music on any form of media we like and play it anywhere without the need for one of your licences or infringing anyones copyright !

Ssssssssss ilence followed, Hello I said are you still there ???????

Hm ! Ah ! Well ? I said well what ? She said with that being the case she may need to get the field inspectors out to pay us a visit. Really I said, can you please tell me when they will be calling ? and how many of them would you be sending out ?

She said that at this moment she could not say as it could possibly be a surprise call ????

I then told her that if she wished to send the inspectors around that if they wished to listen to our music that they would be required to purchase a listening licence and if subsequently they decided to pay us a surprise visit that they would need a Special Listening Licence the price which would vary depending on the time they called, so it would probably work out cheaper for them to book a visit when they could listen to our music.

There then follows further silence —————————————

Ok she said thank you very much for answering my enquiry I shall now update our records !

Back into the house to struggle with the Zanussi and the customer must have wondered why I had a big grin on my face, still laughing now.

[kwatt]

They’ve been trying to get a hold of me for ages.

Nicola and David very good. 😉

K.

[bazza500]

Re: Performing Rights Society

I haven’t heard from them since I told them the number they are calling is registered with the TPS.

[leavemetogetonwithit]

Re: Performing Rights Society

Squadman, that was brilliant!
Surprising though. You’d have thought that by now she’d have heard it all.
Think I might answer next time and have some fun.
Mike.

[Penguin45]

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Last time they phoned me, I asked them where my outstanding royalties were (Oh, yes – true). I have never heard from them since….

Chris.

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