Re: NASCAP charging for bluegrass jams!?
Most of us (at least on the Mandolin Cafe!) DO have a reasonable "moral compass" and want to see songwriters fairly paid. However when enough people see a system that time and again does not represent fair payment to the "little guy" and acts like a bully, than we say "nuts". There are many other cases like this where actions are disguised as "fair compensation" but are in fact fair to only a small sector, usually those already "in control", and "just don't use/buy/play it" doesn't cut it. So the system "evolves", sometimes rationally, often more by "social Darwinism".
As I once said:
"The moral high ground is hard to hold".
Gan Ainm
AKA Colin, Athens GA and Nelson Co. VA when I can
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