The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125210   Message #2770982
Posted By: GUEST
22-Nov-09 - 05:54 AM
Thread Name: Heavy Handed PRS
Subject: RE: Heavy Handed PRS
This old chestnut is running again, why shouldn't electricians get royalties every time someone switches on or uses something you have installed? So when a track from one of our cd's was used for a theme tune for a radio programme why didn't we qualify for any money.............anyway..............my beef is that many of the small dancing classes are really living on the margins with as much profit in it as folk singing and by and large are performing a public service, my daughters and now grand daughter go to the same dancing class in the same church hall with the same teacher who does it for the love of it and scratches a living, they don't own a car, live in social housing and the majority of the recipients of the PRS money live in F***ing mansions and own fancy cars, and if this can be defended by the odd person being thrown the scraps from the table then shame on you all. Music should be a joy and should reach as wider audience as possible if there are mega profits in it then sure tax them and re-distribute the wealth not screw the little people to give the rich more money. To the carping wannabees that think by defending the PRS gestapo it might somehow benefit them, dream on. This is really annoying me, I get the impression that the PRS would like to see just the plastic Simon Cowell creations and the rest taxed for listening to the crap.................I have to stop my blood pressure is off the scale............