A DERBY city-centre bar has been banned from playing music after it was caught broadcasting without a licence.
NoNo8, closed for refurbishment since May, will be music-free until its pays for a correct licence following a hearing at London's High Court.
A hearing was told that an inspector for Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), which issues licences for playing recorded music, visited the bar earlier this year.
While the inspector was at the bar, various tracks were being played across the public address system.
PPL brought about a prosecution and a High Court judge imposed the order after hearing that the bar, in the Wardwick, did not hold a licence.
Mr Justice Norris banned Graham Groom and Blaze Arts and Entertainment Ltd, trading as NoNo8, from playing music.
In addition to the ban they also face a legal costs bill of £1,847, which must be paid by August 6.
The bar is shut for an eight-week refurbishment and representative Leon Groom said that a music licence would be applied for when it reopens in October.
He said: "NoNo8 has been shut for the past eight weeks and so it does not currently need a licence. When we reopen the bar, a licence will have been applied for.
"Blaze Arts and Entertainment has received no information from PPL about this hearing and has lodged an appeal."
Blaze Arts and Entertainment is run separately from the Sun Lounge and The Wardwick and the ruling has no impact on this evening's relaunch of the two venues as the Sun Lounge Complex.
Charlotte Scott, for PPL, told the judge that a PPL inspector had attended the premises on April 12 and heard the three tracks being played.
The ban applies to all forms of mechanically recorded music such as records, tapes and CDs in PPL's repertoire.
Music licences can cost hundreds or even thousands of pounds, depending on the size of the venue and the audiences involved.
Nazneen Nawaz, for PPL, said: "PPL is the music licensing company which, on behalf of thousands of record company and performer members, licenses recorded music for broadcast, online and public performance use.
"Our 90,000 members include major record labels and independents as well as globally successful performers and session musicians, ranging from orchestral players to percussionists and singers.
"The majority are small businesses, all of whom are legally entitled to be fairly paid for the use of their recordings and performances.
"PPL issues licences to hundreds of thousands of businesses and organisations across the UK when they play recorded music to their staff or customers and therefore require a licence by law.
"Licensees include bars, nightclubs, shops, hotels, offices, factories, gyms, schools, universities and public sector organisations up and down the country."
