KNKX Public Radio

Your questions about playing copyrighted music in public, answered

In November, KNKX published a story about live music licensing costs and received many reader questions. We set out to ...
Capital Gazette

Money blues: License fees put the squeeze on live music venues

For years, live music fans could stop in at Mad City Coffee in Columbia on a Friday or Saturday night and take in a set or two of rock, folk or improvisational jazz. The 2,000-square-foot ...
East Bay Times

Restaurants, bars consider turning off music as licensing fees skyrocket

Ever since operetta composer Victor Herbert sued Shanley’s restaurant in New York in 1917 to force it to pay for playing his song on a player-piano, songwriters and music publishers have depended on ...
The Baltimore Sun

License fees put the squeeze on live music venues

For years, live music fans could stop in at Mad City Coffee in Columbia on a Friday or Saturday night and take in a set or two of rock, folk or improvisational jazz. The 2,000-square-foot ...