The group that collects royalties for songwriters is taking aim at an unusual source: dentists. It’s not just dentists, but chiropractors and opticians — any kind of office space that plays CDs.
“This was a money grab, what is the legitimacy of this kind of request of a license for this purpose,” asks Dr. Jack Cotrell of the Canadian Dental Association.
The idea that music is in the public domain is a longstanding one, but it’s also completely wrong, according the a musicians’ rep…
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