Whatever the facts of the matter, there is one bloody obvious fact. the present system works hardly at all.

we live in age where the Inland revenue can ask me about every transaction on every credit card I own. And yet the PRS claims that it can't afford to keep tabs on even the major radio stations (sampling days my arse!) Try and tell the Inland revenue you don't know where you where on such a day, when you put in such a petrol receipt - and yet the PRS can't come up with a system to record which records have been played - bollocks!(pardon my bluntness)

And as the Irish gentleman pointed out, it has limitless funds for producing damn silly booklets and running competitions that nobody you've ever heard of, or are likely to hear of, wins.

moreover the big hitters the big publishers seem to be in a an unassailable position. Their contracts say they agree to collect our royalties, but they can't arsed with anybody less than Paul MacCartney. I think frankly publishers and artists do not have the same sgenda, and we need a separate organisation looking after our interests.