[Harp-L] elederly harp player arrested etc.

["Steve York" <bandbase2@xxxxxxxxx>]

m 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.
--------<< True enough -- different copyright laws in different countries.
Here in the states BMI, ASCAP and SESAC would chase down the barowner for a
yearly payout.You don't pay, you wake up in bed with a horse's head.  :)--TB
> > <
My first thought is that the story is skewed. He could certainly be
prosecuted in the US for not having a music license for his bar  from one of
the prrforming rights societies. It's a Federal law.I am sure that he was
being prosecuted as a bar owner, not a musician. The authorities would never
take action except in cases of extreme obstinance which appears to be the
case here.
Still it's a good story and gives a new meaning to " he plays so badly that
he couldn't get arrested".

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Steve York