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by Michael LeBlanc. 02/20/19 11:28 AM
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#959712 - 05/14/12 07:56 PM
Re: Music Rights
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Drew Davis
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Thanks Kevin. As far as I'm concerned, anyone willing to provide knowledge I don't have qualifies as a mentor to me. The venues I'm primarily interested in are craft shows, town fairs, flea markets, etc. I guess I better ask them what kind of license they have. (My wife does the crafts and travels to these things. Thought we might combine our efforts)
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#961373 - 05/26/12 12:44 PM
Re: Music Rights
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Mike Dunbar
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Here in the U.S., it is up to the venue to pay the PRO (the Performance Rights Organization, such as ASCAP, BMI etc.) the question here is: are you, being the vendor at such fairs, the venue? That's a good interesting question for an attorney, which I am not. If indeed you are the venue, you might get a travelling PRO license. Now, if it were me, and again, I AM NOT A LAWYER, I'd just do it until somebody told me I couldn't. This is not advice, just a personal testimony. 
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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#961382 - 05/26/12 01:55 PM
Re: Music Rights
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Ray E. Strode
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It is of course the Venue's responsibility to pay the Pro License. My sister-in-law was part of the Lake Wales, Fl. Christmas Parade. When I mentioned the Pro's she told me they billed the City for the use of the music. It was a Blanket license and I believe she said it was several hundred dollars. Now that poses a question. Many Fairs around the country usually have some live music shows. I wonder if they pay a fee to the Pro's.
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#961487 - 05/27/12 10:38 AM
Re: Music Rights
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Mike Dunbar
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Ray, you're absolutely right. I'm sure all the big fairs (State Fairs etc.) do pay, because they get approached by the PROs. Of the smaller ones, it depends on whether they show up on the PROs radar. But in the case of craft fairs, I'll bet each vendor is considered a seperate entity, responsible for their own taxes and regulatory compliance, so, possibly, they'd be responsible to the PROs.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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