Hi Graeme
12 Apr 98, Graeme Jaye writes to Jeff Edmonson:
 > I've not heard about this - I assume it's something peculiar to your
 > side of the pond?
Must be ;-)
 >
 JE>> If a band goes in a beer-joint and sings "Peaceful Easy
 JE>> Feeling", do they owe money to The Eagles
 >
 > This is a public performance and, strictly speaking, the
 > owner/organiser of the event owes money to the collection
 > organisation - PRS in our case, ASCAP in yours - not the artist/s.
Ditto here.
 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,it depends on what you do with said cover,eg,
its no different to singing a song to yourself in the shower.
 > It depends on what you mean by 'perform' - if it is in front of a
 > paying audience, that would be a 'public performance' and fees would
 > be due.  Note that a paying audience does not necessarily have to
 > pay for a seat or whatever.  A performance in a public place (such
 > as a bar) would also be public.
Some of them should be paying _me_ for the improvements ;-)
When I feel like doing a little Robert Cray or BB King,the braindead
punters request such gems as YMCA :-((((
Regards,
Rick
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