I read, on a message board - was it Mudcat?, a few years ago that in Italy the equivalent of a "pub session" had to supply a list of tunes/songs played to their licensing authority.

Further on this, I have a John Kirkpatrick tune book - which I payed for and I assume JK got his cut from the sale. To me this implies that I have, through the purchase of the book, got the right to play these tunes as long as I don't earn anything from the playing (in cash or kind) in a public place such as a festival campsite. Is this so?