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Every single club in this country that has live music, a jukebox, or just a cd player pumping out music has to pay those fees. It is well known.
He should have done his homework.
Why should a club make money off their songs?
If Musicians want license fees for some garage band covering their tunes, or even a tribute band doing the same, the music industry has hit a huge low. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
If anyone likes the tune are they going to buy the garage band's cd or the original.
Why should the club make money? They are paying for the electricity, the marketing drawing the crowd in. If Led Zep or Van Halen want to come and play, they know how to get a hold of the guy.
"Playing covers is a right of passage and there is no physical exchange of goods involved. This boils down to one thing, greed. Have these musicians’ vices gotten so out of hand that they have to stoop to this level. If you are a music fan, and especially a musician, I strongly urge you to consider what is going on here. Next, these guys will be trying to charge you for sharing oxygen with them at concerts."
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The details of this are just starting to come to light but it seems that the members of Led Zeppelin and Van Halen have reached a new low in both human behavior and base capitalistic greed.
Colorado’s Vail Daily is reporting that Van Halen and Led Zeppelin are suing the Vail nightclub 8150, and its owner Steven Kovacik, for allowing bands to perform cover versions of the bands' collective songs. The plaintiffs are suing for ten counts of copyright infringement and, according to court documents, are asking for as much as $30,000 per song in damages.
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Unfockingbelievable!!
You have to love the irony of Zeppelin - the king of the uncredited song snatch - trying to pull this shite. And how many times do you think VH played covers in clubs coming up.
Pure, unadulterated greed. Assuming they know about it and this isn't just some out of control bean counters and attorneys, I hope they both get torched on this one. Greedy fockers.
Fuck Van Halen Fuck Led Zeppelin.
In other words, they pay the right people, just as everybody has to do. It is how the biz works.
Dont like how it works, Go start something different. Music industry is indeed in shambles. Go fix it, or stop complaining.
but, i think we can all agree that snowboarders suck.
Fuck 'em both.
So meaningful.
Pit Row
Most inventors will not go after some guy who builds his own device in his garage that steals their patent idea for his own use. But as soon as that guy starts mass producing it and using it to earn his own living off the back of the person that invented it. They'll go after them hard.
I don't see any difference between the two scenarios. The average band that has a cover tune or two from different bands in their set is safe. The tribute bands are stealing their shtick, lock, stock, barrel and costumes.
With people downloading music for free, musicians are forced to turn to live performances to make a buck. If somebody out there is stealing their entire stage act, what would you expect them to do?
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