[Dueller]

How does the industry track commercial use of intellectual property (music/movies). Apparently there are people who monitor and report to licensing labels when say you have a local musician perform and he performs copyrighted covers of other artists' songs at the wife's restaurant. And you end up getting a bill from the labels, or whatever. How do they monitor?

Licensing fees are apparently payed thru your cable service in commercial establishment for movies or music played thru that system.. But if you hire a live performer, what happens?

We're thinking about showing a movie played thru a DVD projector outside on the outdoor patio (otherwise known as "Whitetrash Alley.")

There is never a cover or admission charge...

Just curious.