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Modern Songs On Mechanical Music Instruments
By Bob Conant

>[ Bob, could you provide more details, please?  Did the ASCAP agent
>[ offer proof of his authority?  What was the response of the
>[ Lockwood Mathews museum management?  What MBSI action resulted
>[ from the incident?  What ASCAP action resulted?  -- Robbie

Robbie,  I wasn't involved myself and I got the story secondhand.
Elise Roenigk was there and could supply the details.  My understanding
is that they agreed to stop playing and were not charged the fine.
I don't know what credentials were offered.

Bob Conant

 [ Thanks, Bob.  ASCAP enforces royalty fee payments at commercial
 [ entertainment venues such as amusement parks, but accosting an organ
 [ grinder on the lawn of a small private museum seems ridiculous.
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 11 Jun 2003, 12:41:36 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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