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Music licensing companies come calling for royalties | floridatoday.com

Submitted by MacRonin on July 9, 2007 - 10:47am.
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Music licensing companies come calling for royalties | floridatoday.com | Serving Brevard County and Florida's Space Coast: "Then a few months later, music industry giant ASCAP started calling and sending letters saying East Coast Coffee & Tea was in violation of copyright laws. The fee to continue the music was $400 a year.

'At the time, the shop was losing money, so we had to break it up into payments,' said Laurie Hall. But the Halls paid, and the music continued.

Six months later, other music copyright companies began calling the Halls and demanding money. Most days there would be three or four phone calls from each company, Hall said. Finally, unable to afford the fees, she had to call most of her musicians -- those who did not play original music -- and tell them they would not be allowed to continue performing.

This aggressive -- but legal -- posture being taken by music licensing companies has the potential to unplug live music in many restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Brevard County.

It comes on the heels of a massive music industry crackdown during the past several years on illegal downloads from the Internet. "

(Read Original Article - Via floridatoday.com .)


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