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Originally Posted by beaner
Try siccing BMI/ASCAP on them. If they haven't paid the requisite music performance license fees, those organizations can silence a venue faster than any government agency. They have been aggressive with enforcement in the Lakes Region for many years. (The old Downtown Club in Laconia was one of their victims many years ago.) According to this recent Boston Globe article they're getting even tougher due to dwindling revenue:
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/artic...9/pay_to_play/ |
This is an avenue that really needs to be looked at. If they do not have the proper rights to play live cover music by other artists they can be fined/sued a large amount of money. I am talking 10's of thousands of dollars.
It happened at a few places here in RI. The fines were 30K +.
http://www.ascap.com/licensing/licensingfaq.html