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wow this is really mind blowing! thanx for the info cheers Luis --- Rev Fever <revfever@ubergadget.com> wrote: > It could have been either BMI or ASCAP, and it is > likely that you are > correct. > This occurred over 20 years ago at least, so I > could forgotten a > detail like that. > > Also, it was possible that the place simply did NOT > KNOW that they > had to pay to just > have a guy play some sheet music on a piano, as > opposed to playing > recorded music in their establishment. > > And, regardless of whoever it did the "enforcement", > it was still a > thuggish maneuver. > In the case of the restaurant and the piano player, > it was like going > after a flea with a SLEDGEHAMMER. > > I would not try to defend these BMI or ASACAP jerks > for behavior such > as that. > > Violating copyrights via bootlegging recordings and > other nasty > behavior is one thing. > But, to do what they did to that place and a simple > little piano > player is simply just excessive. C'mon now. > > -Rev. Fever > > PS-As for the RIAA, check out some of their ugly > history on wiki. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA > > On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Travis Hartnett wrote: > > > Actually that probably wasn't the RIAA, but either > BMI or ASCAP. > > > > The scenario you described is how publishing works > in America. It > > costs about a thousand dollars a year for an ASCAP > or BMI license. > > The restaurant was just too cheap to pay twenty > bucks a week. > > > > TravisH > > > > On 7/9/07, Rev Fever <revfever@ubergadget.com> > wrote: > > > >> The RIAA. What a bunch of thugs and vicious > brown shirts. > >> > >> Years ago, I knew of a restaurant in Dallas TX > that had a guy who > >> played PIANO in there for the soft and smooth > entertainment of the > >> diners, > >> and he played well known songs from sheet music. > Well, one day, the > >> RIAA showed up and FINED the restaurant since the > place was not > >> PAYING the royalties to have that guy play those > tunes on the > >> piano!! This resulted in the place NO MORE > having a piano player > >> and the guy LOST his JOB, which very likely was > NOT some high wage > >> job to begin with, and was supplemented by any > tips he managed to > >> get. > >> So, that poor guy was quickly and suddenly > unemployed. Welcome to > >> Corporate World. > >> > >> "Just doin' our job, ma'am". (RIAA, with a > Dragnet's Sgt Joe Friday > >> voice) > >> > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/