Alternatives To Paying The PRS
The only way to avoid paying the PRS is to play music that is not registered to the PRS and never to play licensed music. This is limited in practice to licence-free catalogues which have been created specifically to be marketed as royalty- or licence-free. There are CD ranges such as iChill, increasingly available as downloads as well as on CD, as well as licence-free internet radio stations that play music which has been licensed by the copyright holders such that it can be played without paying the PRS. This may include some Creative Commons or Public Domain music. According to these radio stations, there is no need to pay money to the PRS if only these radio stations are played at your workplace. There are many radio stations that play creative commons music. There are also various 'licence-free' music streaming services providing background music for businesses that only use music exempt from PRS (and PPL) Public Performance Licences.
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