Truman,

That's why I wrote "as described in your post" because he already accounted for the fact that they were being charged for live and recorded music performances. The PRO's have very different operating standards. I had dinner with the VP at BMI last winter and we discussed this point. He's actually the guy in charge of their entire licensing/collections initiatives. He says he's never sued a small coffee shop for dues. EVER. ASCAP, on the other hand, does it fairly often. I can think of dozens of venues in Indianapolis that don't pay PRO fees simply because no one has ever asked them. But someday they will, and when they do, they'll either pay, stop using music or if ASCAP is involved, head to court where they will lose (since ASCAP has a 100% win rate) and pay not only the fees, but also attorney fees in addition. People would understand if a venue was stealing cable and got in trouble for it.. but they often seem to have a problem with understanding the theft of music performance statutory license fees.

Brian

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