tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1583757567644852596..comments2024-03-28T11:16:43.146+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Deregulated EntertainmentVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-41643038293591661642012-10-05T11:59:02.525+01:002012-10-05T11:59:02.525+01:00The present deregulation is almost as wrong as the...The present deregulation is almost as wrong as the Act was.<br /><br />Trust me - I know how hard it is to run a rig even in a small venue. Great inside (but funny when I, at the age of 64, get to tell people a third my age "If it's too loud you're too old") - but a pain in the arse if you are trying to get your child to sleep half a mile away. And when the noise is talentless karaoke singers (I do that too from time to time if drunk enough) there is no cultural validation.<br /> <br />Amplification should be subject to licensing: pre-licensing. It is too late to try to get the local council once the racket starts. I was recently at the blessing of the wedding of some friends. We had small amps in a private party in a barn and doing mildly reinforced folk and similar music - and we were being materially handicapped by recorded rubbish coming across two or more miles of fields from near Shi**ingbourne. Weekend. Council shut.<br /><br />Conversely, without amplification there is no need for any sort of licensing regime, except, maybe, for peacocks and bagpipes, or touring troupes of Japanese drummers - but face it, these are rare in this country whereas powerful jukeboxes, 200 watt (audio) big screen TVs, and karaoke are not.Richard Bridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-49830771978342711332012-10-05T09:41:23.357+01:002012-10-05T09:41:23.357+01:00It's worth noting that this legislation only a...It's worth noting that this legislation only applies to England and Wales, not the whole of the UK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-47496620744881200442012-10-04T11:19:32.314+01:002012-10-04T11:19:32.314+01:00I was once advised that piano players will always ...I was once advised that piano players will always find work. I've never learned to play the piano but your post gives me comfort in these times of austerity that if the world stops filing patent applications, other options are more likely to be available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com