Richard J Powers said:Well I agree with your point, --but if it's for business, then those fees would have to be paid.. I mean, just try to put a jukebox in a bar or restaurant without bothering to paying those fees and you will find that you won't get away with it for long.
As for a hobbyist part15ner.. like I said, it seems doubtful they would ever try to actively enforce it.
Good luck TRYING.
If the FCC can't even keep up with all the actual flaming pirate radio stations everywhere, what the hell makes ASCAP/BMI/SESAC think their handful of snitches can enforce their rules on somebody's iPod transmitter?
Businesses are one thing (and only if you're in the entertainment/restaurant/bar business where the general public frequently gathers. Where music (live, karaoke, jukeboxes) are openly offered.
And I can't begin to count how many play music anyway (for DECADES) regardless of legal issues.
Just send of them in a biker bar to see what I mean.......