ASCAP Wants to Charge the Government Royalties for Music Played at Guantanamo Bay
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According to Wired, the American rights organisation ASCAP wants to collect royalties from the US Government for music played over and over to wear down detainees at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. The song of choice has been David Gray's "Babylon", a choice about which Gray has been very upset.
There is a precedent in that some collection agencies deem nursing homes, hospitals and prisons to be "public places" and therefore liable to pay royalties on any music played on those spaces. Whether the Government would even consider paying is not known.
Read the full story "here.":http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/does-us-governm.html
Comments (11)
I would never side in ASCAP's favor, due to recent money grabs, but in this case, I might actually be on their side.
nuts!
Considering that many of the military's interrogation duties were farmed out to non-military contractors could charge the government more money in return for donations to the Republican party, why shouldn't Cheney/Bush pay ASCAP our tax money in return for donations as well?
Oops, I left out a word. "contractors who could"
what a surreal place in which we all live !!!
Then again - we're talking about an American agency... where anything is possible !!!
Only in America.
i could think of many tunes that would be more effective in torturing detainees
maybe we should start with we didn't start the fire by billy joel
i would lose and spill all the info i had after hearing it once
hospitals and nursing homes no...guantanamo: absolutely....
there's a lot more charges than just these that should be brought over gitmo
yes! stick it to the government, especially if the artists actually get the royalties. tho, i don't know how i would feel as the creator of one of those songs...
Charge double.