>  JE>> If a person sits down and performs a cover and/or converts a
 >  JE>> song into Midi format, is it still theivery
 > This bit is crap,
Read again - it was a question, just the question mark got edited out, 
earlier.
 > When I feel like doing a little Robert Cray or BB
 > King,the braindead punters request such gems as YMCA :-((((
When you play those covers, in public, before (presumably) live audiences, 
who gets the royalties?
That's the bottom-line question.
I'm ass/u/me'ing that the fees (at least here in the states) are paid via the 
monthly/semi-montly dues to belong to either ASCAP and/or BMI.
Regards,
-Jeff
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