https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-6-roundup-2/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-6-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-76493 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14617#comment-76493 In the UK, music shops have to buy a performance licence from the music industry to cover customers that try out instruments in front of other customers. Playing those chords from Stairway to Heaven counts as a public performance, and must be paid for.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-6-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-76466 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:13:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14617#comment-76466 Seriously? Royalties for singing while working? Who even came up with that lawsuit?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-6-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-76446 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14617#comment-76446 A store in the UK can’t play a radio within earshot of customers without paying royalties? What if a customer brings in a radio? That is so effed up.

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