well Jack, I do have a life and have been Carolling for the weekend.

I also have friends who are professional folk performers and have no criticism of the role of the PRS acting on behalf of the existing legislation to ensure that the people who write the music I love receive their rewards for the "public" performance of their work.
In fact it would be very difficult to find an organization with more transparent details of their operation, far from the carping criticism that started this thread.

I don't feel I need to justify or further explain anything that is quite adequately defined in the legislation.