That happened in my old job
They claimed it was to do with playing copyrighted material in what was technically a public space. It's a load of bollocks.
(Tiny Blindfolded Horse Kitten sound car horns would end road rage, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 12:15, 1 reply, 17 years ago)

Er
They were in fact correct. The term you're searching for is 'the law' rather than 'a load of bollocks'.

An old employer of mine (and this was in an office, only employees could hear the music, no public facing etc) got fined £12k a few years ago for exactly this. You can't blame people for trying to protect themselves against this, buying the license you need is pretty expensive in the first place.

I'd stick with headphones, they can't do fuck all to you then.
(username1, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 12:33, Reply)