March 31st, 2014, 1:09 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnBrazen hussysthis isn't the first time this has happened (not Romney, but politicians generally).Politicians play (recorded) music at campaign events and they pay royalties to the music industry, just as for example a discotheque or a radio station might.They don't need to declare in advance their playlist (how would that work ? a discotheque gets a request to play a particular song and has to fax a request in to the artist to play it ?) put rather seem to be able to play any music they like once they have a license.Invariably, one of the artists whose music they play under the license they obtain will complain that they didn't agree to it.The reality seems to be that 1) (politicians,discotheques,car dealerships,radio stations,...) don't need to get permission from individual artists, they just need to get a general license from the music industry, and2) the individual artists have given the music industry permission to sell such licenses so have in affect agreed to the politicians playing their music