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Originally Posted by Roger Parkinson
Around here if a store plays music they owe the publisher a fee. I think it's a fairly trivial amount but store owners are often surprised when asked for it. The reasoning is that if you're using someone's work to enhance your business you ought to pay them for it. The buying of the CD or whatever does not necessarily license you to use it in this way, ie for private use is different, and okay. So no, you're not a criminal, but the store owner might not be squeaky clean, or might be, depends.
I'm not saying I agree with any of this, just explaining how it works here in New Zealand.
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I actually see both sides of that argument, as it counts as a public performance in a way that girl scouts singing campfire songs just doesn't. The way i see it what's fair is if they play a CD or run it off their itnes it should count the same as a dance club. If they play the raidio leave them alone. The laws set rates and rules for radio and for whoever wants to listen that's been paid for by the radio station with their ad money pushing a store for having the radio on is just greed, double dipping is bad mmmkay.