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A 73-year-old bar manager who illegally performed copyrighted tunes by the Beatles and other artists on the harmonica was arrested Thursday on suspicion of violating the Copyright Law, police said.
Arrested was Masami Toyoda, of Tokyo's Nerima-ku. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations against him.
Investigators accuse Toyoda of illegally performing 33 songs such as the Beatles' songs "Here, There and Everywhere" and "Yesterday," whose copyrights are managed by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers.
Looks like we will soon all be locked up as criminals ...
A pro flamenco guitarist from my area would sometimes perform Vicnete's Morente at a restaurant where he giged. He would have the restaurant pop in a flamenco cd that he brought between sets. One night, a person from BMI watching the show told the owner of the joint that they would have to pay a monthly service fee for the rights to play the cd's AND for the music the guitarist was performing. LOL
"If you have a bar and local musicians play their own music, and aren't members of ASCAP, you shouldn't have to pay ASCAP a royalty. But what happens when the local band you've booked plays a cover tune? Michael Dorr, owner of Portland, Oregon bar Imbibe, knows. When a cover band in his bar played "Wind Cries Mary" along with two other cover tunes, ASCAP slapped him with a lawsuit that could cost in excess of $100,000. A sum which would drive Dorr's neighborhood watering hole out of business. "
Great isnt it? and if you record any cover of for example vicente amigo you have to pay a "mechanical licence"
And I bet its even illegal to upload your own version of any flamenco piece on youtube, i dont know if google takes care of that fee or if we would be liable.
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