Some confusion here. It is ascap sueing the club for not having a licence to play live music - any live music. To do that they need to name some songsthat have been played. Bands do not need a licence to play cover songs but venues do need a licenseto allow music, live or recorded, to be played to the public. Just as radio stations need to pay royalties. Once a venue pays for a license they can play whatever music they want.
So I fell into the trap of the byline snag fishing technique!!! Throw out some big names and even an idiot from NY will read an otherwise small time event in Colorado.
I wonder though, just how many places I've been in, where either I've or the bar owners broken the law.
I feel like a rebel...breaking the law breakin the law!! insert BEavis & Butthead head bang.
NEch pfiskio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
According to the article, "The defendants [allegedly] failed to obtain a license agreement from the plaintiffs or the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, according to the lawsuit."If this is true, then the suit is probably about not having an ASCAP license.