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From: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: A Question of Performance Fees
Message-ID: <2862@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 08:59:52 EST
Article-I.D.: sjuvax.2862
Posted: Fri Feb 28 08:59:52 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Mar-86 01:37:45 EST
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Reply-To: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch)
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Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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Summary: 

In article <1053@burl.UUCP> leads3@burl.UUCP writes:
>When a band/musician performs a cover of someone elses music
>in a club/bar aren't they required to pay a performance fee
>to ASCAP,BMI,...ect. which in turn pays the original composer?
>I realize that this would financially burden a multitude of
>bands/musicians but theoretically isn't this required by law?
>
>so long,
>Dave

Technically Dave--you are right--playing covers is quite illegal. A lot
of bars that have all cover bands pay a fee to ASCAP/BMI and then they
are supposedly allowed to have all the covers they want.




-- 
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 Run around in the Acid Rain...
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                              Paul Kirsch
                              St. Joseph's University
                              Philadelphia, Pa

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