A shop assistant who was informed by the Performing Right Society (PRS) that she could not sing at work without a licence has been given an apology, reports the BBC website.
Earlier in 2009, the PRS contacted the store in the Scottish town of Clackmannan where Mrs Burt worked to tell it that a licence was needed to continue playing its radio in public. When the store decided to get rid of the radio, Mrs Burt (for the record, a Rolling Stones fan) began singing as she stacked the shelves. She was bemused to be told that she would be prosecuted by the PRS for not having a performance licence and could be fined thousands of pounds.
Mrs Burt told the BBC: "I would start to sing to myself when I was stacking the shelves just to keep me happy because it was very quiet without the radio. When I heard that the PRS said I would be prosecuted for not having a performance licence, I thought it was a joke and started laughing. I was then told I could be fined thousands of pounds. But I couldn't stop myself singing. They would need to put a plaster over my mouth to get me to stop, I can't help it."
The PRS has since apologised and sent flowers to Mrs Burt, praising her "lovely singing voice".
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