Colorado Bar vs BMI

[TulsaMoon]

Now before you go bashing, read the article and keep in mind, this is my little sister that owns the bar. This was a lesson learned and her goal was to inform others in all businesses not to make the same mistake.

http://gazette.com/article/1518541

[patric]

Now before you go bashing, read the article and keep in mind, this is my little sister that owns the bar. This was a lesson learned and her goal was to inform others in all businesses not to make the same mistake.
http://gazette.com/article/1518541

She's not the one shaking down a small business for 32 grand, and while artists should be compensated, I see most of those collections going to "administrative fees" and salaries.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Just a little fun with numbers, say those three groups license 200 bars per state per year at $4500.00 each, that comes out to approximately $15 million in fees per group per year. I know that a portion of those fees goes to pay royalties, just curious as to how much is royalties and how much for salaries.

[TulsaMoon]

She's not the one shaking down a small business for 32 grand, and while artists should be compensated, I see most of those collections going to "administrative fees" and salaries.

Correct, she is not. In fact a little more info. As the story states the service men requested and performed songs, the investigator for BMI requested and performed the others. Was a true setup all the way, and her attorney in Denver dropped that ball. But as I said this was a story she wanted out as a warning to businesses, not a poor, poor me story.

[Conan71]

Unreal how $1200 turned into $32K.  That's worse than getting OTC'd!

Best wishes to her and her business, TM.