[a fool in paradise]

They will try to look at bands’ set lists and look for a “louie louie” or something among the bunch.

Also they will insist that if a tv is on, a commercial could come on with some song they own, ergo you pay.

None of the money gets back to the artists who are impacted.

It’s about collection, not payouts.

[RobRoy]

Yes, yes and yes. And she is still successfully fighting them. Actually she is basically saying “feel free to sue me”. Ascap would not want most Americans on that civil jury. :)

[philled]

Also they will insist that if a tv is on, a commercial could come on with some song they own, ergo you pay.

I was dumbfounded to learn that our company had to acquire a license and pay royalties because we had a our telephone system "on-hold music" just tuned to a local radio station.

Well, it took about two seconds to do a google search of "royalty free classical music" and save ourselves about $350 a year. Additionally, people no longer fear that they are dealing with a company based out of Siberia when the on-hold music is a winter weather forecast.