SF Klein":2a34usoj said:
Not sure about that. If there's a company that's managing the music for the shop/restaurant & charging them for that service, then you could go back to them but likely it will lead to the artist/record company and you'll have to take it up with them. Restaurants/shops aren't required to pay any artist/group for the music they play because it's not their primary business i.e. a shopkeeper who has a CD changer w/ music playing for customers doesn't have to pay the record company twice (once for the CD and again each time he plays it - that's for radio stations).
Erm they do, it's called Performing rights licence, any shop, office, workshop any business that plays music or the radio has to pay for a licence. I mean anywhere, even if it's a small office with 2 workers and you have the radio on you have to pay for a licence. Even if you work on your own but a member of the public "may" come in once in a blue moon, you need a licence. The performing rights company destribte the revenue to the artists in a scaling format.
There was even a case where a woman played Tibetan music that she bought from Tibet recorded by local tibetan musicians in her Tibetan trinket shop, she had to pay, even though those Tibetan musians wouldn't recieve a penny.
When you buy a CD, you should notice on it something like "not for pubic performance"
A load of tosh if you ask me, they are getting payed twice, especially the radio :evil:
As per OP, i'm not sure how this works but i would have thought they would need your wifes permission to record the cover if they are planning on selling it :? but what about all these x-factor people, do they need to pay the artist for performing their song on TV :?