# Shop Owners: Have You Received ASCAP Threats?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 15, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191 "2018-12-15T19:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191/61 "2018-12-20T13:48:48Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> This is a great thread.
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> Here’s my question. What about an established act performing a cover in concert? Say Hit Heartthrob plays football stadiums all across the country and decides to end each show covering a Beatles song for the encore. Who’s on the hook for the license? The artist? Each stadium? The tour promoter?
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> When I think about it, stadiums probably already have a license to cover PA music, player intro’s, “Sweet Caroline”, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” etc.  
> But what about say a festival where they close off streets or fence off part of what is normally a public park where the venue is temporary and most likely has no license?

Those types of events have special licensing as well:

[https://www.ascap.com/~/media/files/pdf/licensing/classes/festival.pdf](https://www.ascap.com/~/media/files/pdf/licensing/classes/festival.pdf)

> **[Licensing | BMI.com](https://www.bmi.com/licensing)**
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> With over 80 years of experience licensing music, BMI meets the needs of businesses by granting permission to play over 22.4 million musical works.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191/62 "2018-12-20T21:46:22Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> Oddly, here in the Nashville-Music-City-USA area…this gets abused.  
> A lot.

How do you know this? You’re not part of the music business, as I recall. It just surprises me since BMI is headquartered here and ASCAP has offices here.

StG

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191/63 "2018-12-20T22:27:49Z")

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> [@StGermain](#):
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> How do you know this? You’re not part of the music business, as I recall. It just surprises me since BMI is headquartered here and ASCAP has offices here.
> 
> StG

Lots of lower rent outlet store play stuff, & local stations, & they couldn’t rub two nickles together for nuts, that’s why.

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