LOL Bob! I'm actually not against what you've shared in any way, in fact it perfectly echoes my first post to this thread.
My last post is simply accepting of the fact that people and PROs *are* going to demand payment. So...how do we provide for such fairly?

I simply would like to see any and all money being funneled towards artists as going to it's proper location, rather than feeding 85 families and the same number of attorneys along the way to it's destination.
I agree that playing a cover song celebrates the artistry of the original creator....can assist in selling CDs and even keeping sales from that artist alive.

You are absolutely correct... greed is largely the reason this topic exists.
In the case of writers who don't record their music, however, it's a bit of a different situation.

Largely, however, all I can say is right-on Bob!
-gary