Re: [Harp-L] Elderly harmonica player arrested for performing copyrighted songs at bar

[Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

Tim wrote:
This certainly wouldn't have been prosecuted in the US, unless he was 
recording the gigs and selling the
recordings.  Even then, it's hard to say whether anyone would pursue 
it if it was small enough.
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True enough -- different copyright laws in different countries.
Here in the states BMI, ASCAP and SESAC would chase down the bar 
owner for a yearly payout.
You don't pay, you wake up in bed with a horse's head.  :)

--TB