Thanks for all your responses!!! Keep them coming!! This will all help. Normally PRS takes a blanket royalty for songs played in stores as there is no counting how many times a song is played. This is then distributed to publishers fairly randomly. However with 'Matthew - The Man' because it is on this media player and is the default music every time they lose their internet connection, the instances of it being played are not only far greater than other songs in the store, apparently these plays are also well documented, so if we can prove that there are many specific plays there is a good case for this track being treated as a separate case.
Dave

We've never been paid a penny in royalties for Matthew- The Man being playing constantly on this media player on hundreds of stores - even as far afield as Egypt! -, but are currently trying to put together a case to the Performing Rights Society. Anyone who has ever heard this on a store / shop / restaurant anywhere please email us asap at band@iona.uk.com, saying where and approx when you heard the track as this may help our case!!
Thanks!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvdSUhFcRR0


The Instrumental music that plays in lots of retail shops.
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Just watch the video... The song is Iona- Matthew- The Man B03

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