ASCAP Seeks Licensing Fees For Guitar Hero Arcade

Self Bias Resistor writes "According to a post on the Arcade-Museum forums, ASCAP is demanding an annual $800 licensing fee from at least one operator of a Guitar Hero Arcade machine, citing ASCAP licensing regulations regarding jukeboxes. An ASCAP representative allegedly told the operator that she viewed the Guitar Hero machine as a jukebox of sorts. The operator told ASCAP to contact Raw Thrills, the company that sells the arcade units. The case is ongoing and GamePolitics is currently seeking clarification of the story from ASCAP."

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This will kill jobs and hurt what is left of the A

[Joe The Dragon]

This will kill jobs and hurt what is left of the arcade industry even more so in the Chicago area. Some one better tell obama.

Re:Can we get rid of the music "industry" soon?

[The Snowman]

Why are you bashing U2? Because you probably weren't born when they WERE the club scene. Learn your music history dude. If you want to bash the "boy bands" and pop stars, thats fine, but not bands who worked their asses off to become the biggest act on the planet.

I don't know about the OP, but I don't like U2 because their music sucks and they all have vaginas. Their old stuff from the 1980s was good, but around 1990 they changed into something even my cats don't like.