Comments on: Listening to radio while eating things http://james.cridland.net/blog/listening-to-radio-while-eating-things/ From a radio futurologist - where broadcast radio and new platforms collide. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:26:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More on that licence to listen to radio while eating - blog - James Cridland http://james.cridland.net/blog/listening-to-radio-while-eating-things/comment-page-1/#comment-37163 More on that licence to listen to radio while eating - blog - James Cridland Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:58:58 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1750#comment-37163 [...] other day, I posted about the rather unusual experience of listening to the radio in restaurants in the US. Since then, incidentally, I’ve heard a great non-stop-sixties radio station on [...] [...] other day, I posted about the rather unusual experience of listening to the radio in restaurants in the US. Since then, incidentally, I’ve heard a great non-stop-sixties radio station on [...]

]]> By: Ben http://james.cridland.net/blog/listening-to-radio-while-eating-things/comment-page-1/#comment-37124 Ben Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:12 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1750#comment-37124 Out of interest - as a percentage, how much money actually goes to the artists being played in public by such establishments? Out of interest – as a percentage, how much money actually goes to the artists being played in public by such establishments?

]]> By: SKM http://james.cridland.net/blog/listening-to-radio-while-eating-things/comment-page-1/#comment-37120 SKM Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:53 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1750#comment-37120 There's one small problem with your hypothesis... the US performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) do require business establishments to take out public performance licenses. US copyright law doesn't generally protect public performances of sound recordings, but it does cover public performance of compositions. There's an exception for music played on a clock radio or other devices intended for home use. But anyplace with a half-decent distributed speaker system is on the hook, snd the PROs are known to do "listening tours" to find unlicensed facilities. The fees may be less than PRS' assessments, but the vast majority of pubs and restaurants are definitely paying the PROs whether for radio, jukebox, iPod/private system, or live performance. There’s one small problem with your hypothesis… the US performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) do require business establishments to take out public performance licenses. US copyright law doesn’t generally protect public performances of sound recordings, but it does cover public performance of compositions. There’s an exception for music played on a clock radio or other devices intended for home use. But anyplace with a half-decent distributed speaker system is on the hook, snd the PROs are known to do “listening tours” to find unlicensed facilities.

The fees may be less than PRS’ assessments, but the vast majority of pubs and restaurants are definitely paying the PROs whether for radio, jukebox, iPod/private system, or live performance.

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