No surprise, that’s what BMI does. If management willfully ignored communication over time, they were asking for it.
Yeah, I fail to see why this is news. It's like a headline that says "Police Arrest Criminal." So....?
I don't know how many times the songs were played, but attempting to rectify this via 70 communications wouldn't happen if it were only once. We only know when they say it started. Nobody wastes resources over something that trivial. The article seems to be downplaying the actual offense.
It ain't the non-profit going broke. Their job is to protect the financial interests of those who own the copyrights - the creators, in most cases, unless those rights have been sold. If you don't like the law then maybe you should petition to change it, but that's how copyright works. People love to complain about this when they think intellectual property should be free for the taking, because they've never owned any. But write a hit song and watch everyone rip it off, and see how fast that perspective changes.
That was a long time ago. I bet if you asked these guys today, you might get a different perspective.
This. It seems as though they were asked to either get a license or stop playing the songs multiple times. So now they're getn what's coming to them. If you own a restaurant, either get a BMI license or don't play music. It really is that simple. Nutn to see here.