How ASCAP Takes Money From Successful Indie Artists And Gives It To Giant Rock Stars. The short version of the story is basically that, to make its own life easier, ASCAP just pays those performance royalties to the top 200 grossing tours in the US, and every other touring musician is more or less screwed — unless you can convince ASCAP that you play “serious music.” [Techdirt]
I know a number of indie artists, and I can’t remember ever hearing any of them say anything, good or bad, about ASCAP.
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