These days, it's hard to imagine a restaurant or bar
experience that is not accompanied, in some part, by music. Music
can be essential to create the personality of an establishment.
It's no surprise, therefore, that the owner of a bar or
restaurant will inves a lot of energy in choosing just the right
music, whether live or recorded, to accessorize and influence how
guests feel about their overall experience at those venues.
And just like purchasing the right lighting, flatware, wall
decorations or other touches for the venue, the music comes with a
price tag. The public performance of music in live venues is
protected by copyright as much as is creating a CD.
The concept of "Public Performance" is crucial to
bars, lounges and restaurants where music is played because the
right to perform music "publicly" in such settings is
controlled exclusively by the aforementioned music creators or
those who administer their rights. And, under the copyright law,
any music
