[RobRoy]

I'm in a band. I like to watch other bands. But paying for pre-recorded music is Soooooo 20th century. We are back to the 19th, 18th, 17th, etc. century models. Musicians get paid for performing.

Pre-recorded music is something you listen to on the radio, on a bus or in an elevator. It's a free commodity.

[Huck]

Musicians get paid for performing.

You're in a band but you're pretty clueless. Musicians get paid for playing these thingies called songs. It's the songs that get copyrighted, and the songwriters/copyright holders who are being infringed, not the wing nut bass player at the neighborhood bar. Down at the bar, if it's being done legally, the bar OWNER is responsible for paying a fee that goes to paying royalties to songwriters thru ASCAP/BMI. Musicians are the low men on the totem pole.

[Centurion2000]

But paying for pre-recorded music is Soooooo 20th century. We are back to the 19th, 18th, 17th, etc. century models.

Bingo, if you can tape music off the radio, where's the infringment again?