Copyright News

[Chris Bates]

> Don't know the setup in  the UK, but here, bars pay licensing fees to
> BMI and ASCAP, the two bodies who govern music publication in the US.

Similar over here. There's thing called the Performing Rights Society
which collects the performance fees. Each band/musician will not pay
to play a song but that fee will have been paid. Hence if you perform
in an unlicensed venue with no fee going to the musician you will be
breaking copyright law. The legal issue moves from the musician to the
promoter but doesn't go away.


Chris