Re: Music lic fees for stores

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

>Excuse my naivete but I have always wondered why restaurants that broadcast
>radio stations had to pay the fees in the first place. The stations already
>paid the ASCAP fees! It is the same illogic the record companies had when
they
>tried to go after used CD stores; they made their money the first time the
CD
>was sold! Do furniture or car companies get a royalty on used sales? Of
course
>not!

The fee is for the benefit that the shop owner is gaining by the music
product, not the disc, cassette, radio, etc.  It's all about reimbursement
for the opportunity for a customer to hear licensed music while shopping
there (versus annoying wall chimes or humming desk clerks....)

Bill O'Neill

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