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Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche
Why shouldn't they pay a fee?
They are profitting from others copyrighted work.
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The cover band? Or the bar in which they are playing? In my above posted I said that someone does pay a fee. It depends on the licensing agreement as to who actually pays. However, because it would be nearly impossible for a band to keep track of every entity who plays their music and attempt to charge them a fee, most record companies and labels have blanket agreements (typically with bars) where cover songs may be played.
Ultimately, the original content creators are seeing some money when their songs are covered.