Comments on: Small Town vs ASCAP

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:27:37 +0000

Linda, you are a dumb bitch. Our school has paid ASCAP a blanket fee each year since 1976. Why don’t you go shoot your mouth off somewhere else.

By: Bazoo Lippi

Bazoo Lippi — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:55:22 +0000

ASCAP and copyright laws are not in cahoots. ASCAP acts as a policing agent, but the REAL police do not enforce the ASCAP position. ASCAP can whine all they want, I you do not pay them, there is nothing they can do, except keep trying to collect the fees they say are theirs.

ASCAP, when businesses do pay them, return very little of the fees to the musicians, thus (almost) committing a fraudulent act on the business (breaking knee caps may be a better tactic)

Don’t pay the fees, and see what happens. My guess is NOTHING!

By: linda

linda — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:07:51 +0000

High School bands don’t pay ASCAP - shows how wrong you are

By: Paul Starybrat

Paul Starybrat — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:57:37 +0000

I’ve heard plenty of bands that play cover material on the Green over the past 20 years.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:25:18 +0000

Paul,

That *is* the issue. The concerts on the Green series *is* local talent who play their own material. The only times copywriten music is played in town is when the High School puts on a performance and they already pay ASCAP!

I see this as a case of ASCAP trying to double bill the town.

By: Paul Starybrat

Paul Starybrat — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:17:25 +0000

ASCAP is not in the wrong. The town is. Public performances put on by a town have to pay this fee and a fine from BMI could also follow.

Now, if the town were to have musicians playing NON-COPY WRITTEN SONGS, this would not be an issue.

Solution: pay the fee and start hiring local talent to play their own material.