---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SUSAN TUCKEY <suetuckeyfridayfolk_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk>
Date: Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Subject: FW: LIVE MUSIC LICENSING
To: folk atthe foresters <foxandhoundsfolk_at_googlemail_dot_com>
Cc: Andy Smythe <smytheandy_at_aol_dot_com>, andy smythe <asmythe_at_andysmythe_dot_com>, Ben Little <benlittlemusic_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk>, Ralph Henning <ralph.henning_at_btinternet_dot_com>, Robin Slater <rslater48_at_aol_dot_com>, RONALD TRUEMAN-BORDER <wolf_at_mydoor_dot_freeserve_dot_co_dot_uk>

Hello everyone. John is one of four who have sent this on to me, so if you have already seen it, I make no apologies. I already signed the petition when it was mentioned on mudcat - it's very important. Please sign up.

Sue

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--- On Fri, 31/7/09, John New <john_at_jjnew_dot_co_dot__dot_uk> wrote:

From: John New <john_at_jjnew_dot_co_dot_uk>
Subject: FW: LIVE MUSIC LICENSING
To: "John New" <john_at_jjnew_dot_co_dot_uk>
Date: Friday, 31 July, 2009, 12:03 PM

Hi Everybods

Sorry to bother you but this is important:

Please read and sign the petition and pass this message on to others.

Your efforts in the past helped gain Morris Dancing an exemption, now let's see if we can make small venues like folk dance clubs etc. exempt ? Folk music and song events will benefit too ~ as former editor of efn magazine I know many listed clubs are operating outside the law ~ why should you be outlaws?

This will also do away with the need for a costly Temporary Event Notice if you organise a barn dance, ceilidh or Playford ball as most of these are for less than 200.

It is looking like the Lib Dems and The Department of Culture Media & Sport are getting some common sense ~ let's help them win over the Government?

Cheers

John New

P Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?

Begin forwarded message:

The LibDem Party have proposed a Live Music Bill, which will exempt
> venues with a capacity of less than 200 from music licensing, exempt
> performances by two musicians or less and ban the Form 696.
>
> The Bill has passed its first reading and will be debated later this
> year.
>
> Please support this Bill by signing the No 10 Petition at:
> http://petitions. number10. gov.uk/livemusic events/
>
> The petition reads:
>
> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop
> criminalising live music with the Licensing Act, and to support
> amendments backed by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee,
> and the music industry, which would exempt most small-scale
> performances in schools, hospitals, restaurants and licensed
> premises.
>
> Under the Licensing Act, a performance by one musician in a
> bar, restaurant, school or hospital not licensed for live music
> could lead to a criminal prosecution of those organising the
> event. Even a piano may count as a licensable 'entertainment
> facility'. By contrast, amplified big screen broadcast
> entertainment is exempt. The government says the Act is
> necessary to control noise nuisance, crime, disorder and public
> safety, even though other laws already deal with those risks.
> Musicians warned the Act would harm small events. About 50% of
> bars and 75% of restaurants have no live music permission.
> Obtaining permission for the mildest live music remains costly
> and time-consuming. In May, the Culture, Media and Sport
> Committee recommended exemptions for venues up to 200 capacity
> and for unamplified performance by one or two musicians. The
> government said no. But those exemptions would restore some
> fairness in the regulation of live music and encourage
> grassroots venues.
>
> Please also circulate this message and ask your friends to sign in
> support of the petition. This time we want to send a clear and loud
> message to Downing Street.
>
> Keep Music Live
>
> Phil Little
> Live Music Forum