Members jaxn slim Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 Do tribute or cover bands pay royalties for the songs they play? Are they supposed to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keithtoxic Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 Only if they make any profit off of it, i.e, make an album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 Right. If they're just playing gigs, no they don't pay royalties - the venue does. If you record cover songs for release, you have to pay a licensing fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ew_ Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 If you're union, part of your union dues go for royalties. ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 If you're union, part of your union dues go for royalties.ew No, it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted January 27, 2008 Members Share Posted January 27, 2008 The way I understand it, the club/venue pays an annual ASCAP/ BMI fee that covers copywritten music be it by jukebox, karaoke, DJ, or cover band........ In the last few years, agents have been making their rounds in my area making sure that it is enforced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GordyB Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hmmmm...I've been playing in cover bands for years and never paid anything nor have I heard of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaxn slim Posted January 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I had never paid anything, either. But I just started to wonder with all these copyright lawsuits and whatnot... who will the RIAA go after next? ...Just being sure I cover my ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DanielQ Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 As as been said already, you only pay money if you license the music to be recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Netvalar Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 It is feasible that a venue (I would suggest not playing at one that did this) could arrange that you pay the BMI fee for playing live cover tunes. I have seen a couple of contracts that are used for this purpose. Those were for 1 shot deals though while any venue that has live music even only once a month should be paying BMI. Especially if they have a jukebox in the establishment. Though there are legal ways around that too for an establishment with a jukebox that they own. Of course owning and leasing of Jukebox brings me to another possiblity. Many establishments lease their jukebox rather then own it outright and so the payment to BMI is only for the jukebox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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