[Anchoragite]

If I am privately listening to my music at work am I expected to afirmatively prevent others from easedropping?

No, but that's not what's happening here, is it? What is happening is the club is playing the recordings with the intention of it being public, for the purpose of enhancing their business. Why are you entitled to make money from someone else's work?

[kmiller1k]

Just looking for information--If I have breakfast at a resturant and they have the daily newspaper available for the customers to take and read, is the resturant in violation of the newspaper's copyright? I'm not sure if you have been to McDonalds or Taco Bell lately but they each have special racks within the resturant which hold a copy of the daily paper for anyone to peruse, with out purchasing the paper. Those who do read the paper usually put it back in the special rack for some other customer to read (for free).