THE proprietors of a Blackburn hotel have paid the price for playing music without a licence.
London's High Court heard that Sonic Leisure Ltd had now brought their licence up-to-date for the Grapes Hotel, in Northgate.
But a judge ordered them to pay £1,625 in legal costs run up by music royalties collectors Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) in legal action.
Mr Justice Lawrence Collins made the order after hearing that music had been played at the premises when no PPL licence was in force.
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