Thank goodness a judge decided that a phone ringing is not a concert. The fools at ASCAP sued phone companies, claiming that phones ringing by playing clips of songs was a public performance. This, in spite of the fact that they GOT PAID for the rights to those clips.
Man. ASCAP has been slamming a local theatre I work with, too. They're completely unreasonable in their demands, wanting more money for the same privileges, just because they can ask for it. Thank goodness they got slapped in court. It's about time. Artists deserve to get compensated for their work, but the system is bent way too far out of balance.
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