[Gllug] re: telephone-switchboard music-on-hold

[Kristian Davies]

I'm only guessing, but i thought the license fee was about £100, and as for
the music, i think anything over 100 years or somthing... so classical music
is fine.... AFAIK...

-----Original Message-----
From: t.clarke [mailto:tim at seacon.co.uk]
Sent: 22 September 2003 12:37
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: [Gllug] re: telephone-switchboard music-on-hold


Hi Guys

I know this is totally off-topic, so please forgive me !!

Since various list-members have proved to be most knowledgable upon a wide
range of subjects nothing to do with linux, I wondered if anyone might be
able
to assist me with same info on a annoying little problem with have with
music-on
-hold on our telephone system.

Basically, our new switchboard produces electronic 'plinky-plonky' music on
hold
(the ubiquitous 'Entertainer' by Scott Joplin, I believe),  which various
staff
and customers are describing as 'ghastly' etc.   We have the capability of
adding external music-on-hold from a CD player, but the MD is baulking at
this
due to the extortionate costs of PPL and PRS licensing fees.

I am wondering what sources of 'music' might be available on CD which would
not require us to pay out these licence fees  - even recorded bird-song
might
be preferable.  Alternatively, if I were to twist our local Church organists
arm to record a few choice pieces onto a recordable CD, would this get
around
the licensing requirements ??

If anyone has any info on this subject, I should appreciate it.

Yours syncopatedly


Tim

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