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Really? So the Boy Scouts get sued for singing around the campfire, and your bowling team is exempt because... why exactly? Maybe they won't go after you right now, but I don't see the difference in principle. They are trying to set a legal precedent, and granting an exemption to two organizations helps their case. I don't think the law is settled on this, but are you sure that your club/team/whatever doesn't have to pay to sing songs under copyright? The legal case with the scouts indicates that they will charge you if they can.
As far as the hair salon thing goes, you think this is fair because you don't consider the price to be high. So glad you could set things straight. I didn't say they were going out of business, don't put words in my mouth, friend. You think it is fair to pay to play the radio in a business, as long as the price doesn't bother you personally? That is a good system. Let me be clear - charging to play the radio is just bananas. It would piss me off if I had a business as well.
People certainly are going to pirate because it is convenient. People bought billions of songs from iTunes because it was convenient as well. And because the price was right. Music company executives have stated, on the record, that they think you should pay for the MP3 that you ripped from your CD to put in your iPod, and pay again if you copy the CD to play in your car, even if no one else listens to it. And that is not urban legend.
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