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From: Fishbre396
Date: Sat Jan 01 01:06:04 2005
 
     
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>      My  question maybe a weired one, but I want to ask it anyway. I
>     do a lot of retail shows, indoor and outdoor, and sometimes I would
>      like to have a little background music in my booth. Here my 
>     concern: are there any fees I have to pay if I play  somebody's
>     music? In Germany you have to pay GEMA fees for  each song you play
>     at a public place, a show or an event.  GEMA is ("Gesellschaft fur
>     musikalische Auff Chrungs- und  mechanische
>     Vervielfltigungsrechte") responsible for musical  performance and
>     mechanic reproduction rights. You have to get a permission first
>     and pay for everything (and it is not cheap!). If you play music
>     without getting the permission you get in big  trouble and such. Is
>     there such thing here in the US?  

    Are you charging for admission to your booth?  If so, then I would 
    assume that you would need to pay.  If the music is only in the back
    ground, anyone carrying a radio  can hear the same thing . . .so I
    assume  it would be at no charge.

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