Music Royalties Body Threatens Singing Store Clerk

[JMcEntegart]

A store clerk in Scotland who was told she was not allowed to sing while she restocked the shelves has received a formal apology from Performing Right Society (PRS).

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[captaincharisma]

my god!! is this what it has come to? you can't sing to yourself in public anymore without a record contract

 

[zubai]

Seriously..?

 

[sstym]

In the next news, Narang Medical Ltd., manufacturer of enemas and d****ebags is suing the PRS for unfair competition.

 

[icemunk]

These music industry greedy swines should burn in hell

 

[leo2kp]

Really??? How about this...because athletes and singers breathe harder and exhale more carbon dioxide than the average person, I think we need to start charging them CO2 emission fees. What does everyone think?

 

[kelfen]

I smell violation of free speech; bloody music industry

 

[The Dark Wall]

What the heck?! You're not even allowed 2 sing now? Let alone youtube music...

 

[djcoolmasterx]

[citation][nom]kelfen[/nom]I smell violation of free speech; bloody music industry[/citation]

Free Speech(c) is a copyrighted term that requires you to pay a royalty fee to use in publicly accessible website.

 

[The Dark Wall]

What the heck?! You're not even allowed 2 sing now? Let alone youtube music...

 

[leo2kp]

I have an idea, why don't we take them to court and say that their statements were actually song lyrics that you wrote up earlier this week and that they "sang" it in monotone, and now they owe us royalties for posting our lyrics on news sites.

 

[spanspace]

Scotland isnt the US. There "laws" arent like Americas laws.

 

[leo2kp]

...I realize there are a lot of grammatical errors in my last post. I do apologize.

 

[pooflinger1]

Seems like a LOT of companies have been making very bad publicity moves lately. Lets see, we have the PRS threatening people who sing in public, yahoo providing free lap dances, Pepsi's iphone app... Sounds to me like alot of public relations people need to be fired and/or sent back to school.

 

[Guest]

I agree with you leo2kp, I'll even extend it to musical concerts, holly wood awards shows. I would ban re-runs and demand that these actors who feel fit to preach to us how to live, have to pay their fare share of carbon taxes! In fact I think if the "Carbon Tax" must happen it should only effect industries that provide non-crucial services, such as entertainment.

 

[bunz_of_steel]

This is why Frost ie P2P will never die

 

[WyomingKnott]

[citation][nom]kelfen[/nom]I smell violation of free speech; bloody music industry[/citation]
It's Scotland. Free speech is taken for granted based on centuries of common practice, not protected by written law.

 

[slapdashzero]

What I'd like to know is: How did they know she was singing? Did someone snitch? Do they have ninja spies everywhere? She was singing to herself, the back of isle 5 or somewhere, and they want to fine her for singing to herself. That seems more like an invasion of privacy than anything else, sheesh.

 

[leafman420]

You know what, you put a song on a media and sell it to ppl, means it's public and fuck they need to see this. Singers and Actors need to get out there and work like the rest of us and stop think there crap don't stink. Oh yea I'm glad she still gets to sing.. One last thing companies are taring this world of ours apart.

 

[Pei-chen]

Not news. Homer and Lisa Simpson were threatened by Disney's lawyer years ago for humming.