Re: [Harp-L] Re: ASCAP Lawsuits



In my experience it's the publisher that does the licensing of tunes most of the 
time.
Harry Fox is the big one.




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From: D Baker <dbakerzzz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 4:08:50 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: ASCAP Lawsuits

Are ASCAP members' material automatically licensed or is it allowable to 
choose their license for specific titles, so that some material could be 
licensed under the "Creative Commons License"?

Dave Baker

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> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:07:14 -0500
> From: "Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] ASCAP Lawsuits
> To: "'Ken Deifik'" <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Ken D. said:  "only playing your own originals won't do the unlicensed club
> owner lick of good if you are a member of ASCAP or BMI.  You are not
> supposed to play your licensed material at a club that doesn't pay for
> licenses."
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> We have a local coffee house poetry and open mic venue that makes you bring
> a complete playlist in advance with written proof that everything on it is
> either original or public domain and they may even ask for a disclaimer
> affidavit that you have not plagiarized your material.  Kinda takes the
> spontaneity out of just showing up with your guitar or harp and doing a
> number of two for the heck of it.  Definitely not the coffee house scene of
> my youth.
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> For amateur songwriters with dreams of writing a hit or two, the ASCAP/BMI
> license is more of a curse than a blessing.  Basically, if you license the
> material you give up your own performance rights to it assuring that unless
> the venues pay a lot more than you're probably worth as an amateur
> songwriter your work will NEVER be heard publicly, even at the local coffee
> shop.  No wonder indies are calling it the "Music Mafia."  It's basically
> play by their rules or stay home.
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> Bill Kumpe
> Tulsa, OK
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