its not stupid from the view of whatever board licenses facilities and insurance companies. they could charge seperately for:
live bands
stand up comedy
dancing
DJ
karaoke
pool/ darts
arcade
local gov't and insurance love these type of stupid laws. anything that gives them an excuse to charge more.
Good points. I forgot this was New York.
My perspective was from the over-regulation that is being heaped upon us from all of the legislative and regulatory bodies. How we can claim to be the "land of the free" with a straight face is beyond me.
There was a bill recently in NJ to keep cover bands from playing without separate copyright licenses for the songs they were going to play.