Shop Owners: Have You Received ASCAP Threats?

[Doug_K]

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

This is a great thread.

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?

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

Licensing | BMI.com

[StGermain]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

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

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@StGermain

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.