[alanross]

A couple of years ago, the folks from ASCAP came into this area and tried to strong arm a few of the places, but they weren't singling out Karaoke. It was all inclusive, if they did any kind of musical entertainment, including satellite radio, they were responsible for ASCAP fees. Since every place that would want to do Karaoke already has some form of musical entertainment, putting me in there, or keeping wasn't an issue.

I don't know what the laws actually state, but the reality is that the ASCAP folks pretty much just went away.