Comment BMI/ASCAP (Score 2) 191
There was a music club where I live. The owner was in a band, and into the local music scene. He bought a place where musicians could come to play. That didn't pay the bills, so he got a liquor license. Booze helps paying the bills. Then a food license. Food is good, people like food. Then, someone brought in a Sirius/XM receiver for music during the day. It wasn't a featured attraction, it was just background music. Some BMI/ASCAP undercover agent showed up and billed him for a performance license. Then, looked into a back room and decided that was a "dance space". Yes, BMI/ASCAP has separate licenses for listening to music and dancing to music.