Why so much bloody buearocracy and bullshit involved just to sing a song or play a tune in a pub, I',m sure this is a british thing, and no other country would put up with it.

AS I understand it, [and i admit, i know very little about the subject], to play a cd in a pub, the landlord will need to buy licences from PEL, PRS, and MCPS, waht a load of crap!

Does not paying PRS involve criminal penalties, [jail or fines etc], or is it a civil matter, waht would happen if everyone told them to get lost?

A while back, some bloke came from [I think] PRS, to the take away i work at, about the shop radio been played in a public area, the boss told him to get lost, as far as i know, he has not been back.