Hey, I know people who know Bruce Springsteen. That makes me...nuthin'. OK, but when ASCAP throws Bruce's name around in a lawsuit, they had better check with him first! Here's the deal:
Bruce Springsteen Wants Name Removed From Copyright Lawsuit
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 02:17 PM
On Thursday, the famed rocker Bruce Springsteen demanded that a court remove his name from a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against a bar in Midtown Manhattan.
Filed on Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, the suit alleged that Connolly's Pub and Restaurant on W 45 Street cashed in on cover charges from customers who came to hear a Bruce Springsteen cover band, the New York Daily News reports.
The plaintiffs, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, demanded that the bar pay a licensing fee for playing the copyrighted songs, and reportedly named Springsteen as a claimant without his permission.
"Bruce Springsteen had no knowledge of this lawsuit, was not asked if he would participate as a named plaintiff and would not have agreed to do so if he had been asked," the singer's publicity firm, Shore Fire Media, said in a statement.
The ASCAP requires that an annual $2,700 fee be paid by bands or venues that wish to play songs for which it owns the rights.
According to MyFox New York, the ASCAP alleged that Connolly's had been playing copyrighted music without permission for more than two years and had ignored about 20 warnings of alleged misconduct.
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