[Dixielandjazz] BMI

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Yes Bill:

They are as are their brothers over at ASCAP,  and they have been for 
many years,  musicians almost always just roll over and play dead as do 
the club and restaurant owners because the legal defense will get to a 
figure a lot larger than the fine.    Legal extortion is what it is.

You can also bet that they have their royalties tacked onto all the 
musical toys at Toys r Us , K- Mart, Wal- mart etc.  They are shameless 
and ruthless in their legal pursuits of any and all sources of revenue, 
they have a bite of blank cassette tapes, blank Cds, video tapes, DVD 
discs and almost if not all and any other medium to record or playback 
any music.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: sharp-b at clearwire.net
To: Tcashwigg at aol.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] BMI

   List-Message-Recipient: tcashwigg at aol.com 
  Just exactly who are these people who show up and demand this money 
and level the fines? Do they actually have the legal authority to do 
so?  Are they from out of town, just sweeping through, threatening 
people with fines, hoping they'll pay up? 
 
  Just last month we had a scandal where a person was showing up with 
"legitimate credentials" from the State Food Inspection Office, issuing 
fines to restaurant owners, threatening closure if they didn't pay 
substantial fines. Many restaurants paid cash on the spot, often in the 
same $500+ price range as being levied by the BMI "authorities". 
 
  Did the owners being fined check out the legitimacy of those assessing 
the fines, or is this just just another scam being perpetrated by 
perhaps the same persons? I ask this because the other persons were not 
caught, and as soon as the scam was reported in the press, I began 
hearing about restaurant owners now getting this other set of fines - - 
-- ? ? ? ? ? 
 
  Is there a way to get a response from BMI, and ask them what the hell 
is going on? Are they really doing this? 
 
  
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