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Originally Posted by Highlander179 View Post
Really? So if I go to my local Starbucks that has an open mic night where someone is doing covers, he has paid a fee to do so? This is everywhere across the globe where live performances including covers occurs?

How do they manage to collect all those fees? Every bar or cafe or wherever there is a mic on the globe?

Wow! The magnitude of such an operation is just... Wow!
Why does everyone discussion on the internet reach this low level so quickly. Do some reading:

http://www.ascap.com/licensing/licensingfaq.html

I'm sure not every bar owner pays the fees they are supposed to, but ASCAP also sends in under cover agents to crack down on places that don't.
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