[BC] Who is the customer?

[Larry Fuss]

> but the song would not have been a hit and money maker for the
artist/songwriter without radio play.  I would thing the songwriter is an
advertiser and should be charged for airplay, not the other way around.

Sony Music was doing just that.  That's what got them in trouble.  But they
realized the value of radio airplay and were even willing to break the law
to achieve it.  But the value of radio airplay is lost on Mr. Lawrence and
all the folks at ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.  They have a legalized racket that
they're not about to give up without a fight.

LF