Posted by AnthonyR on 11/11/05 16:13

<davesvideo@aol.com> wrote in message
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> AnthonyR wrote:
>> "Gary P" <nospam@thankyou.com> wrote in message
>> news:436d66c3$1@127.0.0.1...
>
>> And what about the millions of D.J.'s charging commercially every day for
>> their services?
>> They don't pay royalties to all those artists.
>
> And many have paid for the proper licenses. Do you know for sure that
> 'millions" do not?
> I suspect that anyone doing it as a business, would get nailed pretty
> fast if they didn't.
>
> Dave
>

I was speaking to a friend who regularly DJ's and he is doing an expo (music
in a booth) he has no special licenses or permits)
he told me he never had any problems and doesn't anticipate any.

He also told me about an experience he once had DJ'ing in a public club
(very commercial) where he was playing this record a lot that he liked but
the crowd didn't know, and got to like it after a few weeks. Suddenly a guy
shows up at the booth asking him if he knew who he was. He didn't. The guy
tells him he made the record. At first my friend (the DJ) didn't know what
to expect, then he seen how happy the guy was. The guy told him he was so
happy he was playing it so much, he wishes the radio stations would do the
same and thanked him very much and left.
As most people expect, people who produce songs want them played! Listened
too and that leads to sales.
Smart people know that, idiots would sue DJ's and stop all public playing of
music with permission.
I suppose that's why DJ's aren't sued more regularly.

Now a company profiting by selling Kareoke machines, that's a different
story and I don't blame Chuck Berry at all!
:)

AnthonyR.

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