On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:59:04AM -0500, John Faubion wrote: > > But, just to clarify, please remember that using music as MoH > > is considered a "public performance", and if the pieces in > > question do not include a buyout license *for the performance > > Ok now I am curious, if a radio is playing in a store, a restaurant or at > the beach, wouldn't that be considered a public performance? And even though > the radio station has already paid the license fee, does this mean that the > person who owns the radio is also subject to these fees? I know of several > key systems with FM radio cards providing MoH and I've often wondered about > the ramifications of that setup and the music industry.
It does, in fact, mean that in the US, and lots of people are unhappy with the double-dip this implies. ASCAP and BMI both have small-store exceptions, which largely (though not strictly) amount to "if you don't have speaker wires inside walls, you're ok". Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
