Kwik-Fit sued over staff radios

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Oct 2007, 18:36

OMG Copyright gone mad:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edi ... 029892.stm

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Oct 2007, 23:06

Greedy facist bastards.

Let's all bootleg something tonight. :twisted:

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Oct 2007, 23:13

How anyone could think this breaks copyright is beyond me. Presumably millions of people who listen to radio at work are breaking copyright too?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 10 Oct 2007, 14:48

OK, so let me get this straight:
It's fine if I listen to the radio by myself, but not if I leave my window open (because the neighbours might hear it and the PRS would sue me).

That's good to know...

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 10 Oct 2007, 15:41

No I don't think so Tom, basically if you owned a building and you don't have some sort of license (I assume) to play a radio in public, and either you or a member of staff in said building is listening to his radio loud enough that it's reasonable to assume that others can hear it (important distinction if I'm reading that article right), and you do nothing about it, then technically you can be sued for allowing the unauthorised public display of a radio - thus breaching copyright .

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2007, 17:44

That's how I read it Shingster. Presumably it would also apply to individuals not just businesses.

It still seams really daft to me though.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Oct 2007, 23:58

*Reads linked article*

That's fucking outrageous. The NZ equivalent, APRA, would never do that sort of shit.