[BC] Re: question for the braintrust

[Larry Fuss]

> If there are speakers in the ceiling, the music is available to the 
general public. Pay the fee or pay the judgement.

I've been trying to get other broadcasters to band together and fight this
b.s. for
years, but nobody wants to take on ASCAP and BMI.  You'd think a big company
like Clear
Channel would step forward and lobby Congress to change the laws regarding
what constitutes
public performance.  As all of us in radio know, if it wasn't for our
airplay of the music,
there would be little CD sales.  The record companies know this.  Otherwise,
why was Sony 
Music caught paying programmers to play certain songs?  ASCAP and BMI are
both shakedown
rackets that have been legalized by Congress.  Somebody needs to step
forward and take them
on.

LF