The most the artists are owed is a royalty fee for one rendition. They can’t ban people for using their music just because they disagree with that persons views. That would be like a baker refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding except that the baker has the Constitutional right to free exercise of their deeply held religious beliefs. The artists are refusing people just because they disagree with what that person stands for. Typical liberal double standards.
Interesting theory, but you might want to educate yourself on the actual copyright law and public performance licenses. ASCAPs website would be a good starting point.
ASSHAT I mean ASCAP demands that all people pay forkloads of money quarterly to them because you MAY just happen to play some song that they collect royalties on. Of course they don’t actually pay out those collected monies to all of the artists you have played even if they are covered by ASCAP.
It’s a shakedown racket that works on the protection method, if you are paid up, they won’t come waving a lawsuit.
Seems they go for the single infraction now. If you have a public PA, you are on notice you’d better be a paid subscriber to ASCAP and BMI.
Wasn’t this was 25-30 years ago and the laws have not changed.
What a strange world we live in today. I thought people were allowed to listen to and play for others, whatever music they want to, that has been released. If I had a block party with a bunch of conservatives and I played a CD by a liberal band they could try and sue me for playing their music at an event/for people they...didn’t agree with???