My wife has looked into this for playing music over the PA in the large workshop she used to be office manager for. This was for the guys on the shop floor.
It's referred to as broadcasting music in the public domain and is surprisingly taken very seriously by the authorities.
Pete is correct, you need a licence for this.
It's cost is based on the number of people (employees and foot-fall) listening at any one time.
It isn't cheap, and the fines can be massive.
Her workshop was spot inspected once (can you believe that!). She had gone down the route of 'doing the right thing' and enquired about a license, and had a random visit from an inspector to see if music was being broadcast already.
Streamed (stored) music is also considered broadcasting and infringes artists rights if played to the public.
Suffice to say, she didn't proceed with the license application.
Bollocked either way
Hope this helps
Davey
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