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Re: Music lic fees for stores

Brian Vita wrote:

> Its about time something was done about the folks at ASCAP.  While I don't
> dispute that artists have a right to be compensated for their works, the
> folks at ASCAP would go into an establishment and arbitrarily set a
> licensing fee (based on what the "inspector" thought that they could shake
> down the establishment for), demand the fee or face legal action.

Sounds rather like the classic protection racket to me. 

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