I think that these might be the same people who drove around to catch petrol and service stations playing the radio so that they could sue them for unlicensed public performance. This was right in the Napster days.
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mhague@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Looking through the things PRS does, I wonder why anyone would join. Why call yourself an artist when you contribute to an entity that stops people from playing music to animals or whistling to themselves?
Like seriously. It’s a group of artists going around shutting down parties. Musicians telling everyone to go home. Probably thinking “it’s not my fault, it’s the industry, if I want my fair share I HAVE to bully individuals and small businesses.”
stoly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 week ago
They’re an extortion racket for large music recording labels, who generally fuck over small music venues and individual musicians.