ASCAP fucked up; not the music industry.
If ASCAP had been on top of the internet game then they would have
come up with a licensing fee plan similar to what radio stations pay.
Radio stations don't play music for free. They pay a fee to ASCAP which
then divides the fee among the music artist.
I would have gladly paid these fees to use music from the ASCAP catalog
on my website and video. And you would too because the fee could have
been really cheap since there would be millions of websites versus 1000's
of radio stations.
For those who know how this works, I say the same thing about BMI.
If every website with music paid the fee just like the radio stations then
nobody would give a shit about copyright infringement.
Would have been mad money for song writers and musicians.
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