Thanks for your sensible explanation, Tom. As I live with a songwriter and know how little they get back for their work I can only support what PRS are trying to do. All songwriters want their songs sung and that has to be the bottom line. That's why they do it. If someone is performing them in a concert or festival and they let PRS know then the songwriter might get back the small amount that is their right. I suppose it's a bit like saying that someone who writes a book and publishes it shouldn't have the money from the sales. Other types of music applaud their writers and are willing to pay the small amount for royalties, so why not folk music as well?