**..several artists have come out against the nominee’s use of their music.**
If the nominee has paid the ASCAP and BMI dues cannot he use it?
After reading about 30 threads on this same subject, the conclusion is;
Two of the songs were written by someone else, not those groups.
The third was written by that group, but they don’t really have much of a chance of winning any kind of large sum in a lawsuit. At the most they could get a quick settlement.
None of the incidents involved playing their ‘song’ directly, the songs were being played by the G.E. Smith band which is a well know entertainment show band that is popular for playing the songs of other bands.
None of the groups mentioned are even trying to sue. They are only sobbing publicly because their agents prompted them to, to gain some publicity and because the agents have certain Hollywood political connections who wanted it done.