When is a performance not a performance?

[Hagar]

The start of a new trend. The Performing Rights Society has ruled that a music shop in Macclesfield must pay royalties on music played by their customers while trying out instruments in the shop.

Fozzer, you have been warned.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Hmm...I don't know what this world is coming to....

[Omag 2.0]

Excuse me? They gonne mad in the UK? How on earth are they going to check that... Ok sir, you've played 2 notes from a Beatles song and a 5 from Bach's Oeuvre, that'll be 20 Pounds please...  What? You don't want the instrument no more? 5 Pounds extra for damaging my ears!  ;D

[Hagar]

[quote]Excuse me? They gonne mad in the UK? How on earth are they going to check that... Ok sir, you've played 2 notes from a Beatles song and a 5 from Bach's Oeuvre, that'll be 20 Pounds please...

[ozzy72]

[Fozzer]

......Don't forget, you heard it here first. Stay tuned for the latest developments in crazy Britain.

Doug.
.....Is there somewhere else you could recommend we British Types all move to, to get away from all this daft "stuff" going on around us... ...!

Paul...there's nothing I like better than popping into a music ship and having a quick blast on the old "Johanna*"

Paul......!

* Cockney slang for "Piano"...(Pianna!)... ...!

[Omag 2.0]

Ok, I've just patented the following notes... do, re, mi, fa, sol, la and si... Now I'll just sit down and watch the pounds collecting on my account!  ;D

[Hagar]

Doug.
.....Is there somewhere else you could recommend we British Types all move to, to get away from all this daft "stuff" going on around us... ...!

Your guess is as good as mine Paul. From what I can make out the rest of 'em are even sillier than we are.

PS. Know any uninhabited islands? Preferably with a mild climate.

[elite marksman]

Whats next? Am I going to have to pay Gould's estate every time I practice the meledy and variations there of from American Salute on my Besson 4-valve? :-/

[beaky]

Reminds me of the scene in Wayne's World where the sales guy points to the "No Stairway" sign... .

What a bunch of money-grubbing... oh, nevermind...