The PRS have an arrangement with the folk world it is claimed, where monies collected from folk events are ring fenced and not paid to pop superstars.

We were told that our properly licensed venue had to void their licence for the duration of our festival, and the festival then has to pay a percentage of gross ticket sales to the PRS. We argued unsuccessfully for a long time: we couldn't afford to defend the litigation that was a likely outcome of not giving in, so we gave in.

What gripes me personally is that our relatively unsponsored festival pays money to the PRS, then the PRS foundation sponsor the Cambridge F F club tent.

Stu