[Dixielandjazz] ASCAP & Public Domain

[Steve Heist]

Hi all,

Have to put in the most agregious example that I personally know about...  I 
found out from an Indian restaurant owner (place seats about 40) in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado that ASCAP showed up on her restaurant's doorstep one day 
demanding about $300 a year from her for playing recorded BACKGROUND music 
in her place!!!  (It was all Indian (not American Indian, but Indian from 
India) music - manufactured in India)  She, being scared by them, paid up, 
but I told her next time to tell them to "take a hike" since they were NOT 
going to India to find the Indian performers and somehow re-imburse them in 
any way...)  These people who do the ASCAP dirty work are completely 
unconsionable when it comes to hood winking anybody they think they can get 
a dime from!  I think they could give the Mafia a few pointers on squeezing 
money...
ALL the Best,
Steve Heist


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Steve Heist" <steveheist at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:20 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] ASCAP & Public Domain


> How do you defeat the ASCAP tune detectives?
>
> I have never lost a gig because of ASCAP tune detectives. And I've  played 
> at least 2700 in the last 15 years. Basically because I have a  list of PD 
> tunes and when a venue gets hassled by ASCAP because of  Barbone Street, I 
> break out my PD list, show it to the tune detective  and play those songs.