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Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:38 am
by Graham Wellington
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/sto ... 225951007/
What a kick in the dick - possibly being on the hook for $30,000 for playing three shitty songs.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:04 am
by Matt
What's a fetty wap?
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:17 am
by ZenithCKLW
I don't know anything about copyright law, but I guess I better be careful playing a CD at a back yard barbecue or at work in the office.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:40 am
by Round Six
ZenithCKLW wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:17 am
I don't know anything about copyright law, but I guess I better be careful playing a CD at a back yard barbecue or at work in the office.
You're safe. Your not making money off it. More than likely the bar didn't get in trouble playing it. They got in trouble because someone recorded patrons singing and dancing to it. That's the threshold to be subject to litigation.
If I was that water hole's counsel, my first step would be for the plaintiff to prove they played the tunes.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:16 pm
by Graham Wellington
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:04 am
What's a fetty wap?
It contains numerous diseases.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:48 pm
by Mega Hertz
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:04 am
What's a fetty wap?
That's when you take a piece of plastic wrap and some astroglide and cover an old woman's chest with --
Know what? Never mind.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:52 pm
by TC Talks
Here's ASCAP's "Example" suit to bring others into line. The lawsuit only has teeth because they were already a licensed bar. That license was a binding contract they now have broken. Had they never been licensed, this lawsuit would be much more difficult to win.
This should be fun to watch, but implying usage rights isn't working these days.
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:52 pm
by TC Talks
Mega Hertz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:48 pm
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:04 am
What's a fetty wap?
That's when you take a piece of plastic wrap and some astroglide and cover an old woman's chest with --
Know what? Never mind.
Was your wife a stripper at some point?
Re: Lawsuit targets East Lansing bar over song licensing
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:18 pm
by Mega Hertz
TC Talks wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:52 pm
Mega Hertz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:48 pm
Matt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:04 am
What's a fetty wap?
That's when you take a piece of plastic wrap and some astroglide and cover an old woman's chest with --
Know what? Never mind.
Was your wife a stripper at some point?
Honestly? Nothing's shocking anymore.