laptop surcharge to play sets

[diezdiazgiant]

copyright lawyers are bullshit extortionists

[djchriswoods.co.uk]

The UK is even worse as that kind of nonsense is already enforced here.

Yeah, the Pro Dub Licence, which is totally unfit for purpose. I have one, but there is no active enforcement...i know this as i sent them the names and clubs they play of a few DJs who were openly using cracked software and low quality illegal mp3s via email and their response was 'Can you give us their addresses and telephone numbers?'...its a total joke. And in the two years ive had the license, the MCPS/PRS have NEVER asked me for a list of tracks.

I can't figure out where "white label" and "dub plate" even fits in to this paradigm of royalties. Even more so with digital I get some interesting things that aren't in shops, of either physical or digital media. That doesn't mean that ASCAP and BMI hasn't been registered for the tune, but in physical media it was sometimes harder to trace the artist and title of the track. If it is a complete bootleg remix of a tune with for promo use only, how does that fit into their payment scheme? I'm just kind of lost in where any of this makes sense, unless it is a subtle way to wage warfare on club culture.

I know in the days of proper whitelabel records, if the press run was under 10k, they didnt give a shit.