Keep your music volume down in public or you may be accused of rebroadcasting music and therefore subject to paying royalties. According to the Performing Rights Society (PRS), if others can hear the music you are playing on your radio, and God knows what else, it constitutes copyright infringement. How bizarre is that?
Copyright Enforcement Goes Looney-Tech! is certainly an understatement. The PRS must be on something to come up with this absurdity. Wouldn't it be nice to get paid to hallucinate? Or, perhaps we could fine ease droppers to recoup the fine for playing music that others heard.
Will the PRS start offering whistle blower rewards to those who report people for playing music loud enough for them to hear?
How about those boom-box cars playing music at earth shaking volumes? Would this give police enforcement the authority to hand out tickets for "moving copyright infringement"?
Will people put up with this? I think not. Then where will their industry be?
