{"id":324,"date":"2010-08-07T21:34:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T21:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp\/?p=324"},"modified":"2010-08-07T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T21:34:38","slug":"pony_up_for_that_funky_music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/2010\/08\/pony_up_for_that_funky_music\/","title":{"rendered":"Pony Up For That Funky Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this weekend’s news feed: The New York Times<\/i> follows a BMI licensing executive around the American Southwest<\/a> on bar, club, and coffee house calls. Anecdotes involving strippers and guns ensue, but the deeper issues resonate beyond the clich\u00c3\u00a9s. The law vs. common perceptions vs. recession budgeting vs. kill-them-with-patience strategies: Getting paid–it’s…complicated.<\/p>\n

It struck me as kind of odd that ASCAP got little more than an “oh, yeah, and them too” reference, since I think it might have been interesting to hear more on how their philosophies and enforcement styles differ in the current era. Still, even though the article provided a pretty elementary outline of PRO activities, for those not already deeply in the know I’m sure it’s bound to generate some discussion–if for no other line than this one, re: new technologies that improve tracking music usage, whether for commercial gain or not. The author notes that:<\/p>\n

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Friends I talked to had a similar reaction. To a one, they said: “Jesus. Sounds like Big Brother.” When I mentioned this to [BMI’s former Vice President of Business Development David] DeBusk, he smiled ominously. “Yes. Well. We’re here to help.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the end (of this article, at least) the barkeep with the heart of gold signs on the dotted line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this weekend’s news feed: The New York Times follows a BMI licensing executive around the American Southwest on bar, club, and coffee house calls. Anecdotes involving strippers and guns ensue, but the deeper issues resonate beyond the clich\u00c3\u00a9s. The law vs. common perceptions vs. recession budgeting vs. kill-them-with-patience strategies: Getting paid–it’s…complicated. It struck me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}