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PRS offer free office licences for World Cup
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 11 June 2010
Collecting society PRS For Music is offering companies who want to turn the office telly on during the World Cup a free one month music licence, so they can do so legally.
The promotion suggests that employers should let their staff watch key World Cup matches that take place during the daytime at their offices, to avoid football fanatical staff from skiving off work. But, of course, whenever you turn on the telly in a public space, some music is likely to pour out of the speakers at some point, and for that you’ll need public performance licences from both PRS and PPL.
But for the month of the World Cup the former comes free. Though PRS obviously hope that offices keep their televisions on even after England are knocked out of the football tournament (so, next Friday?) and then start paying for their music licence.
The aim, presumably, is to introduce the concept of offices needing PRS and PPL licences to play music – including radio and TV shows containing music – while trying to look like a more friendly organisation. Though the fact a licence is needed at all will come as such a shock to many smaller employers, they’ll probably not consider either collecting societies to be their friends.
Offices wanting to take up the offer should call 0800 694 7332.
