Re: [Organizers] ASCAP and BMI

Years ago we received a letter and I contacted CDSS who told me to have ASCAP/BMI contact CDSS because they are our "parent" organization. If you are affiliated with CDSS you might want to call them. Or you might want to call them anyway to find out what their advice is. It's my understanding that periodically ASCAP/BMI go "fishing" and send letters to a lot of music organizations hoping someone will send them $$ Good luck. Donna Hunt -----Original Message----- From: Rob Lindauer via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> To: organizers <organizers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Wed, Jun 15, 2016 4:51 pm Subject: [Organizers] ASCAP and BMI I just got a letter from ASCAP asking payment of license fees for use of recorded and copyright materials at our dances. If my organization ran just our contra dances, I'd tell them to take a hike - or not respond at all - with the argument that our contras use only traditional public domain music, and not recorded music nor copyright arrangements. However, my organization also has waltz, swing, DJ, and Cajun/zydeco series, where I don't think I can make the same assertion. The net is I'll probably go ahead and pay. My question: What encounters (and resolutions) have other groups had with ASCAP (and BMI too, for that matter). Thanks, RL -- Rob Lindauer _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net