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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 32020" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Rights to play Copyrighted Music?There must have been more to it than simply playing the song in a public venue.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because the VENUE is REQUIRED to have a &quot;compulsory license&quot; that covers public performance of a particular &quot;rights administrator&#039;s&quot; works... BMI, ASCAP, SESAC.&nbsp; It is up to the venue if they wish to recover, on a pro-rata basis, the costs of such licenses from venue clients.&nbsp; Going after the sound company makes about as much sense as going after the phone company for an obscene phone call, or arresting the projectionist for public obscenity because he was the guy paid to run (but not book or select) the films that a local censor had a problem with.I suspect that everyone connected with the event was listed as a defendant and the judge decided who was potentially culpable before trial actually commenced.&nbsp; Note that JBL paid a settlement in the Station Nightclub fire because their speakers *might* have contributed fuel to the pyro-initiated, toxic foam-fed fire that killed 100 people, so it&#039;s possible that settlements were paid without actual findings of guilt or responsibility.I&#039;d love to see a citation for the case you mention, Hammer.For Ben, I suggest you go to <a href="http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,1399.0.html" target="_blank">http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,1399.0.html</a> and read it.&nbsp; Brad Webber and I hash this out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 32020, member: 67"] Re: Rights to play Copyrighted Music? There must have been more to it than simply playing the song in a public venue. Why? Because the VENUE is REQUIRED to have a "compulsory license" that covers public performance of a particular "rights administrator's" works... BMI, ASCAP, SESAC. It is up to the venue if they wish to recover, on a pro-rata basis, the costs of such licenses from venue clients. Going after the sound company makes about as much sense as going after the phone company for an obscene phone call, or arresting the projectionist for public obscenity because he was the guy paid to run (but not book or select) the films that a local censor had a problem with. I suspect that everyone connected with the event was listed as a defendant and the judge decided who was potentially culpable before trial actually commenced. Note that JBL paid a settlement in the Station Nightclub fire because their speakers *might* have contributed fuel to the pyro-initiated, toxic foam-fed fire that killed 100 people, so it's possible that settlements were paid without actual findings of guilt or responsibility. I'd love to see a citation for the case you mention, Hammer. For Ben, I suggest you go to [url]http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,1399.0.html[/url] and read it. Brad Webber and I hash this out. [/QUOTE]

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