Listening to the radio ....

shillelagh · 07-10-2007, 15:45

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Kwik-Fit sued over staff radios

I read that and couldnt believe it. Ive always listened to the radio at work. But as i was talking to spug at the same time then he came up with the scenario if i was listening to the radio and talking to him on msn then i could get done as well because i would be broadcasting the radio to him. So if you are listening to the radio and the phone rings you would have to turn the radio off and then answer the phone. Oh and while you are driving down the road windows open radio blasting out think on you could get done for it. This is because some idiot at the performing rights society has decided to take kwik fit to court over their employees personal radios.

WillowTheWhisp · 07-10-2007, 16:58

Oh for goodness sakes who would even think about it with a radio? What about people who have them in their back gardens when they're gardening and all the neighbours can hear it?

BERNADETTE · 08-10-2007, 23:33

That's a new one to me, we always listened to the radio in factories that I have worked in. Everything is about money these days.

James1234 · 08-10-2007, 23:46

We have the radio on where we work, whether on the first floor or on the ground floor with the shutter's up, as I work in a wherehouse pick/packing and loading lorrys up etc, this is just nonsense and just really sad.

It won't make us turn our radio's off, if anything it will make us turn then up!

We wouldn't give two monkey's about such nonsense nether way.

grannyclaret · 08-10-2007, 23:50

I wish i could sue the people on the other end of phones like the utility people etc ,who make you wait for ages while they play the most horendous music,,,,

BERNADETTE · 09-10-2007, 00:00

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I wish i could sue the people on the other end of phones like the utility people etc ,who make you wait for ages while they play the most horendous music,,,,

Hope the numbers are free phone GC, why should you pay to talk to them?

James1234 · 09-10-2007, 00:07

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I wish i could sue the people on the other end of phones like the utility people etc ,who make you wait for ages while they play the most horendous music,,,,

From the sound's of it I'll bet you can name the music as well artist!

entwisi · 09-10-2007, 07:13

Th PRS have been advertising recently to say this. I'm gob smacked about teh whole thing.

The radio stations pay to broadcast the music, surely its paid at source and should therefore be free at point of listening.

How would you go ion if you have a gardener and you are sat listening to teh radio in teh garden whilst he works? Do you need a PRS license or not. then someone walks past, suddendly your a broadcaster.....

Common sense has once more gone out the window.

WillowTheWhisp · 09-10-2007, 07:28

Supposing you have the radio on at home and the man calls to read the leccy meter? Are you broadcasting to him?

mez · 09-10-2007, 08:18

methinks its time to hibernate!!! gosh we aint going to be able to breathe before long .or we will be sued, or fined, or charged for it, should i leave my house today, get in my car & stroll round town (after parking said car ).....or not?

entwisi · 09-10-2007, 08:41

don't have your window down if you've got teh radio on. Particularly if you go into Kwik Fit for a new tyre

MargaretR · 09-10-2007, 09:04

There is too much noise pollution of all kinds.
I agree that Kwikfit mechanics should not be listening whilst working - because it is a distraction - could result in sloppy work.
What is wrong with peace and quiet?
Some people dont seem to be able to survive without background noise, some of it sounds really obnoxious to others with different tastes.
What entertains you, may well irritate others -please care about that

entwisi · 09-10-2007, 09:29

Some people brains work better with background music. I agree you have to consider the people around you but for example if I have loads of documentation etc to do I work from home with LOUD music on as it helps me get through it (I 'm a techie, I hate all the documentation that we have to produce

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WillowTheWhisp · 09-10-2007, 10:42

Peace and quiet in Kwik Fit? They're lucky if they can hear the radio with all that car mechanicking noise going on.

Sometimes I work better with music on too, it can be better than the other more distracting noises around me.

jambutty · 09-10-2007, 13:24

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Kwik-Fit sued over staff radios

I read that and couldnt believe it. Ive always listened to the radio at work. But as i was talking to spug at the same time then he came up with the scenario if i was listening to the radio and talking to him on msn then i could get done as well because i would be broadcasting the radio to him. So if you are listening to the radio and the phone rings you would have to turn the radio off and then answer the phone. Oh and while you are driving down the road windows open radio blasting out think on you could get done for it. This is because some idiot at the performing rights society has decided to take kwik fit to court over their employees personal radios.

Is there no end to the lengths some people will go to, to grab some more money?

Radio stations, legal ones that is, pay a fee for each record that is played on air or it might be just a block fee for all records.

If someone then listens to the radio station they are at liberty to do so without being liable to pay extra fees. As sound has no barriers and can even be heard through the average brick wall someone else could hear the programme whether they like to or not. The sound from a radio does not just reach your own ears and then stop. It carries on like ripples on a pond getting weaker and weaker until it become inaudible.

If Kwik-Fit have a policy of no personal radios, which they claim to have, then they should enforce it. But I feel that they are not liable for any royalties and should be ordered by the court to enforce their own rules.

If the Performing Rights Society is to win this case then the repercussions can be widespread, although how it would be policed is beyond me.

It would mean that strictly in accordance with the law, if someone came into my flat and listened to the radio or records with me they, not me, would have to pay a fee to the Performing Rights Society. Or on a beach when someone has a radio blaring out. Or next door when their radio is turned up and the windows are open. We who heard the row would be liable to pay a fee. Pay a fee to be annoyed by the boom, boom row from up the road? They’ve got be kidding.