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Nation's Restaurant News, August 28, 1995
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., introduced legislation intended to provide small businesses with more legal rights against music licensing groups like American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, and Broadcast Music Inc., or BMI.
Similar to legislation introduced in the House earlier this year by Rep. Jim Sensen-brenner, R-Wis., the bill would allow restaurateurs to play background music from radios or televisions without paying licensing fees if patrons are not charged for listening to it specifically. Tapes, compact discs and live music would still be subject to fees.
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In addition, the Thomas bill would require that disputes be settled by a third-party arbitration system and that music-licensing groups make a directory of the music they represent available to businesses.
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