Can't speak for PRS but the Irish counterpart IMRO is predatory to the point of destroying public performance (or would be if it was allowed to).
One of the issues yet to hit the fan here is the plan to demand payment from individual cinemas each time a song or tune is played on screen during a performance (despite the fact that film-makers have already paid for the use of these during the making of the film).
Irish cimemas, thanks to falling numbers, are running on a shoestring basis. There is one cinema in this county (Clare) which will almost certainly close if such a policy is enforced, leaving us with the propect of a 120 mile round trip to see a film. Our local arts centre occasionally shows films - presumably this practice will cease too.
Jim Carroll