"Bruce" wrote in message
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Steve Walker wrote:

for god sake it's a radio broadcast that
anyone can freely listen to, does it really matter who's radio they listen
on?


But it *isn't* a radio broadcast that anyone can freely listen to !!

That's the whole point.


So what about the 'transmissions' which are live-streamed to the 'net by the
broadcasters themselves ? Those are totally free to listen to by anyone,
world wide, whether they have a UK broadcast receiving license or not. The
likes of the BBC are not realistically going to be able to expect to control
any aspect of who or how many people are listening to any of their internet
output anywhere, so that has to constitute transmissions "that anyone can
freely listen to".

Perhaps the PRS should take that up with the BBC and others, and see if they
can persuade them to stop doing it, hmmm ? d;~}

Arfa