Michael, having words to a song inscribed on your front door is not a performance of it in public. Neither are the words being printed and doled out to people by having it inscribed there. If I tattooed the words on my chest, I wouldn't have to pay every time I breathed... The law of copyright is odd and pretty complex at times - but not that odd!

As far as the crowds in the Kop are concerned, the spontaneous singing of a song is not a public performance from which the crowd, the club or a TV company is making money. Neither the club nor the TV company has any control over what a football crowd spontaneously sings. Do I pay the PRS a fee for every song I sing out loud as I walk up the High Street to collect my morning paper? I think not.