'Fair Use' proposed for the UK - but not for DJs

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what I think Tony's getting at is that he circumvents Produb by only downloading direct to the playout device. I think his concern now is that if a guest gives him some music, or even a complete play list, he will then be in breach of this clause, and be liable for the cost of a Produb licence, which he has so far managed to avoid.

My understanding would be that if the guest provided the music in a "useable" format - ie no format shifting required in order to use it - then ProDub wouldn't apply.

However if the guest handed over a memory stick full of .m4a's (for example) but the playout requires mp3 and therefore a format shift, then ProDub would govern this. If the guest were to do the conversion beforehand, however...