[dc401-l] Shameless spam, but involves beer!

[Matt Bell]

BTW.. to clarify, this is Patrick's Pub @381 Smith St. (towards the
state house).


-Matt

Matt Bell wrote:
> All,
> As some of you know, my friend Pat Griffin, owner of Patrick's Pub was
> hit with a very large lawsuit from ASCAP; a copyright organization. His
> crime? Allowing bands to come into his pub and play live music of *cover
> tunes*. That's right.. cover tunes. It turns out that if you let a band
> come into your business and croon a cover of a copyrighted band, the
> *owner* can be sued.. not the band!
> 
> I encouraged Patrick to fight this and even hoped to invoke the EFF,
> however he has a business to run and wanted to get live music back in to
> keep revenue up so he settled and payed them their shake-down money for
> "licensing"... and the right to have bands cover other songs.  To help
> recover from the hit he took on his lawsuit and to celebrate 17 years in
> business he is holding a fund-raiser this Thursday (5th) night. All are
> welcome, there will be food and live music. Contact me for tickets, they
> are "donation priced".. you pay what you want to donate for the cover!
> 
> If you are interested in coming out for beer, food, music, and to
> support a good cause please let me know between now and then and I can
> get you a ticket, or call me that night (870-761-3137) between 7:30 and
> 11:00 pm and I can get you a ticket.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> (And Dennis: I hear Mayor Buddy is going to be there!)
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