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TheHappyFriar wrote on 8/1/2007, 9:40 AM
ASCAP says that besides broadcasting songs over the radio, television and Internet, the definition of performing copyrighted music includes playing it "any place where people gather," with the exception of small private groups.

So that means DJ's at "private" parties, us video guys, etc. can use copyrighted music as long as it's considered a "small private group").
Former user wrote on 8/1/2007, 9:48 AM
ASCAP has been doing this for years. They just get publicity every once in a while.

Dave T2
sean@oregonsound.com wrote on 8/1/2007, 2:02 PM
"Small private groups." Pretty ambiguous, isn't it?

I assume everyone is aware of the incredible case of UMG forcing YouTube to pull a home video of a dancing toddler because a Prince tune was barely audible in the background? With the help of EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation, whom I had never heard of) she is countersuing them. It's about time all this greyness got cleared up. A few countersuits should help that along.