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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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When I worked retail way back in high school (small shop) we had a setup from these guys and they payed royalties for the music used, or at least that's my understanding.
http://music.muzak.com/why_muzak/
Of course I'm sure many (most?) smaller shops just use a regular CD player or radio.