[Solar-general] OT: Ojo con escuchar musica fuerte

Mar Oct 9 05:56:54 CEST 2007

Resumen: Le hacen juicio a una cadena de reparación de autos porque
sus mecanicos oyen musica fuerte y no pagan royalty comercial (al ser
musica a alto volumen, entraria en la categoria de "performance
publica", como se traduzca)

Signs of insanity emerge in British royalty line: Used to be, those
jokes about the recording industry eventually wanting its cut for
every song you idly hum were amusing. Nowadays, not so much. The
U.K.'s Performing Rights Society, which collects royalties for
songwriters and performers, is suing the Kwik-Fit car repair chain
because the mechanics listen to their radios during work at volumes
loud enough to be heard by colleagues and customers. That, the PRS
contends, constitutes a public performance. Kwik-Fit wanted this
abomination drop-kicked out of court, but a judge in Edinburgh ruled
Friday that it should proceed, saying there was a least a chance the
PRS could prevail. In his ruling, Lord Emslie said: "The key point to
note, it was said, was that the findings on each occasion were the
same with music audibly 'blaring' from employee's radios in such
circumstances that the defenders' [Kwik-Fit] local and central
management could not have failed to be aware of what was going on."
Kwik-Fit management says it has long had a ban on employees using
personal radios, but the PRS said it documented more than 250
occasions since 2005 that its investigators swung by a Kwik-Fit and
heard music from the garage. I'd like to make a joke here about future
legislation mandating headphone use in all public places, but I'm
afraid of becoming a prophet.

Ver: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm

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