In the US it is assumed the venue has paid their annual licensing fee. My understanding is even bars and cafes aren't supposed to have a radio on unless they have paid a licensing fee. It is: insane.
_______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com <<vlog links are here ______________________________________ On 7/3/07, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are standard licensing agreements for this kind of stuff and no > permission is needed as long as you pay. In the case of music being > covered by a live band it is to the best of my knowledge the venue who is > paying the licensing fees (in Denmark, don't know about the US) to the > appropriate organization. > > - Andreas > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]