[BC] Re: question for the braintrust

[DANA PUOPOLO]

I always believed that if it was an unmodified radio (ie: 100% stock) that
having ONE of these in a store was okay. It's just if you add extension
speakers, add more wire to the existing speakers, etc. that the fees come into
play.

The court decision for this one was Ascap v The GAP stores.

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:28:40 PM PST
From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: question for the braintrust

------ At 06:01 PM 1/21/2006, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW wrote:
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>A few years ago I noticed the ASCAP sticker on the door of a local auto
>dealership and mentioned it to the sales manager. He said the ASCAP rep
>came in posing as a customer and casually asked about the background
>music. When they told him that it was a local radio station he asked how
>long they had been using that. Not realizing what the questions were
>leading to they admitted to 5 years which they ended up paying back fees
>for. I believe he said it was around $350 a year at that time.

Any source of music available to more than employees (radio in the 
restaurant kitchen) must pay public performance license fees. If 
there are speakers in the ceiling, the music is available to the 
general public. Pay the fee or pay the judgement.

Rich

Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-303-9084
FAX: 413-480-0010


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