[BC] Public license question

[Glen Kippel]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:

>
> I've had friends called "listeners" whose jobs were to sit in bars
> and restaurants (all sizes) and log all songs he could hear through a
> sound system in whatever area customers were served. Without a
> license, they told me, the only legal use of music would be a radio
> or cassette/CD player in the kitchen for the personal entertainment
> of the dishwasher. If there are speakers installed in the ceiling
> they need a license. The license, at the time, was about $179 per year.
>
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I have heard something similar.  A self-standing radio that is supposed to
be for the benefit of the employees is OK.  But, if some of the patrons
happen to hear it, that's show biz.  In a little hole-in-the-wall
establishment it becomes hard to control them there sound waves.  But if
there is a distributed speaker system installed, especially in the patrons'
area, that is definitely a no-no without a license.

I don't know how/if this applies to TV sets, though.