I think an argument could be made that societies support of the musical arts through public schools and other government agencies is responsible for the development of a lot of the artists out there. I propose a 100% tax on ASCAP/BMI/SESAC revenues to repay us... actually as an afterthought let's just outlaw those type of taxes for public performance and call it even.

I think the club not paying ASCAP/BMI may have other nights where they have cover bands or a DJ though. Generally ASCAP/BMI doesn't trust them to be honest about their revenues (from my experience with club owners it's rightfully so). They could decline to pay if they never played licensed music, but if they ever do then they owe a portion of their revenues.

CubeNudger is a tool, the manager was black. Score one for the pale, friendless, black trench coat wearing virgins that sit in the basement playing video games all day while flunking out of school. The only kids that lost out in this deal were those whose parents wouldn't vouch for them. That means they didn't want them to play anyway... now the kids are back stealing money from their mom's purses so they can buy video games while getting F's.