[LINK] The recording industry gets ridiculous and has to apologise.

[Kim Holburn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8317952.stm

>       Apology for singing shop worker
>
> Sandra Burt was told she needed a licence to sing in the store
>
> A shop assistant who was told she could not sing while she stacked  
> shelves without a performance licence has been given an apology.
>
> Sandra Burt, 56, who works at A&T Food store in Clackmannanshire,  
> was warned she could be fined for her singing by the Performing  
> Rights Society (PRS).
>
...

> The village store where Mrs Burt works was contacted by the PRS  
> earlier this year to warn them that a licence was needed to play a  
> radio within earshot of customers.
>
> When the shop owner decided to get rid of the radio as a result, Mrs  
> Burt said she began singing as she worked.
>
> She told the BBC news website: "I would start to sing to myself when  
> I was stacking the shelves just to keep me happy because it was very  
> quiet without the radio.
>
> "When I heard that the PRS said I would be prosecuted for not having  
> a performance licence, I thought it was a joke and started laughing.
>
> "I was then told I could be fined thousands of pounds. But I  
> couldn't stop myself singing.
>
> "They would need to put a plaster over my mouth to get me to stop, I  
> can't help it."
>
> In response to the furore created by their initial hardline, the PRS  
> contacted Mrs Burt to apologise.
>

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