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AllofMyMP3?
wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:40:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
I don't recall whether it's BMI or ASCAP, but one of them collects fees from
bar owners who include karioke in their activities. Unbelievable.
ASCAP threatened to file an action against our local high school band
because they played something other than "public domain" tunes at free
concerts ... insanity.
That and the pure greed of weasels like Jimmy Buffett who loads up his
"new" albums with old songs I have bought many times before, have
allowed me to sleep just fine with my bootlegged tunes.
Oh, yes!! ASCAP is pure hell!! A friend had a "coffee house" sort of
thing going, not for profit, just people could come there friday and
sat evening, byob, and jam with other musicians. Really fun, even if
you didn't know anything about music, you could join in with any of
several percussion things lying around. ANYWAY, I'll be damned if ASCAP
didn't come THERE and threaten Larry with lawsuits. And this was out in
the damned sticks! They're everywhere.
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