Warner Bros. sued a small bar for playing 80-year-old song Bashny.Net

Recording studios, as well as Hollywood studios, long known for his passion for ships and the requirements to pay damages to individuals and private companies for the slightest infringement of copyright. In this case, the court is served on anyone, from housewives who downloaded a couple of songs on file sharing, to students who downloaded movie on The Pirate Bay. The amount of compensation is usually stunning, six and seven-figure.

The other day was unlucky small bar of the State of New York, the company Warner Bros. requires him 60 thousand dollars for double playback of the song, which was written in 1934. It's about melodies «I Only Have Eyes for You» from the movie «Dames.»

Many bars, pubs and restaurants use a known composition for the entertainment of his guests, hire some groups to "live music", others - play back recordings. However, the agency representing the interests of the recording industry, and required to pay royalties on the first, and from the latter.

In this case, the penalty for failure to fulfill the provisions of the legislation protecting pravavoobladateley can be quite severe. Ask how monitoring is done? Recording studios employ agents who travel the country and visit local places. Not in order to eat and drink, no, but to listen to the music that plays in these institutions. If something goes wrong, you can expect a subpoena, and many thousands of fines.

Usually penalties awarded for all well-known works, but in this particular case to court at a small restaurant Giacomo Jacks filed because of the double play back the recording, which is more than 80 years. One can only wonder musical knowledge agents - because this little-known melody.

However, now with the owners Giacomo Jacks require 60 thousand dollars in damages. Since calculate the exact losses from "undue" music playing in the bar is not possible, it was decided to ask for 30 thousand dollars for each fact ill-fated play songs. And yes, Warner Bros. the right to have any particular product is stored for 95 years.

Here is the text lawsuit , filed Warner Bros.

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