On 12/14/05, Mark Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know how people love to fact check so before I posted this reply I called > Pipers Tavern on Falls and they said that the only time they pay a licensing > fee is if they are showing a Pay-Per-View event or something like that. They > broadcast CNN and ESPN on all of their TV's all day, every day, and they > broadcast most every sporting event that anyone at the bar would find > interesting. They also said that they never have had a problem with > advertising the event. They normally have a Super Bowl blowout or the > Carolina-Duke juggernaut advertised in local papers or along the roadside > and they said that they just have it on every tv at the bar straight from > regular cable. They said where people get in trouble is trying to sell > tickets or charge admission to events like ppv fights.
It doesn't surprise me that they don't think they pay a license fee, but I'd bet they actually do. When they sign up for their cable or satellite package, they can't get a "residential" package. They must get a "restaurant" or "business" package instead. The fees are therefore just rolled into that so they don't have to worry about them. But, make no mistake, they do happen. Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
