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		swader999 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' ... If I perform a song in public then yes, I should pay the creator every time I play it. I fail to see the difference here.

kodt 24 days ago | [–]

What if you are performing your own song which was heavily influenced by other artists?

Also I believe performing covers is legal

pixel_popping 23 days ago | [–]

Live bands are playing songs of known artists all the time, is that actually illegal?

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