{"id":6261,"date":"2016-10-25T05:12:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/10\/25\/ascap-states-that-venues-refuse-to-pay-songwriters\/"},"modified":"2016-10-25T05:12:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T05:12:11","slug":"ascap-states-that-venues-refuse-to-pay-songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/10\/25\/ascap-states-that-venues-refuse-to-pay-songwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCAP States That Venues Refuse To Pay Songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/5\/53\/ASCAP_logo_2016.png\/220px-ASCAP_logo_2016.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" height=\"77\" \/><br \/>The American Society of Composers, Authors and  Publishers (ASCAP) announced that it has filed 10 separate copyright  infringement actions against bars and restaurants nationwide, arising  out of the unauthorized public performance of its members&#8217; copyrighted  musical works.  <!--more-->  ASCAP is a membership association that operates on a non-profit basis  and represents more than 585,000 independent songwriters, composers and  music publishers. ASCAP ensures its members can earn a living from their  art by licensing the public performances of their songs, collecting  those license fees, and distributing royalties to its members. Nearly  88% of the license fees ASCAP collects go directly to songwriters,  composers and music publishers as royalties.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Music is enormously valuable to bars and restaurants, creating an  emotional connection with patrons and providing the right ambience to  attract and retain customers,&#8221; commented ASCAP Executive Vice President  of Licensing Vincent Candilora. &#8220;Hundreds of thousands of well-run  businesses across the nation recognize the importance of paying music  creators to use their music, and understand that it is both the lawful  and right thing to do. However, each of the establishments sued has  decided to use music without compensating songwriters. By filing these  actions, ASCAP is standing up for songwriters whose creative work brings  great value to all businesses that publicly perform their music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Songwriters earn their livelihoods by licensing the performance right  granted to them under the copyright law. Any business using copyrighted  music has the opportunity to obtain permission to do so lawfully through  a simple license, which covers the entire ASCAP repertory of over 10  million musical works. The average cost for bars and restaurants amounts  to less than just $2 per day for the right to play an unlimited amount  of music.<\/p>\n<p> ASCAP President and Chairman, songwriter Paul Williams added: &#8220;We want  every business that uses music to prosper, including bars and  restaurants. After all, as songwriters and composers, we are small  business owners, too, and music is more than an art form for us. It&#8217;s  how we put food on the table and send our kids to school. Most  businesses know that an ASCAP license allows them to offer music  legally, efficiently and at a reasonable price &#8211; while compensating  music creators so we can earn a living from our work and keep doing what  we do best &#8211; writing music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Over the past two years, and in many cases longer, ASCAP has made  numerous attempts at the establishments listed below to offer a license  and educate the business owners about their obligations under federal  copyright law. Despite these efforts, the owners of the establishments  listed below repeatedly have refused to take or renew a license.  Instead, they have continued to perform the copyrighted musical works of  ASCAP&#8217;s songwriter, composer, and music publisher members for the  entertainment of their patrons without obtaining permission to do so.<\/p>\n<p> Establishment (City, State):<br \/> Adrenaline Sports Bar &amp; Grill (Las Vegas, NV)<br \/> Carmine&#8217;s La Trattoria (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)<br \/> Dorado Western Club (Houston, TX)<br \/> The Concert Pub (Houston, TX)<br \/> Conrad&#8217;s Seafood Restaurant (Nottingham, MD)<br \/> Havana Club (Atlanta, GA)<br \/> Mezzo Ultra Lounge (Providence, RI)<br \/> Show Palace (Oceanside, CA)<br \/> Pony (Memphis, TN)<br \/> Spike&#8217;s Bar &amp; Billiards (Rosemead, CA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: ASCAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that it has filed 10&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}