Today's paper announces that SOCAN is now targeting buskers in Vancouver's Skytrain rapid transit stations. - - - - - Musicians and singers who are approved to perform inside the region's SkyTrain stations were sent a letter in October... ...informing them they could soon be asked to pay as much as $1,500 annually for a performance licence. - - - - - (Currently the musicians pay a $75 annual fee for the right to perform in those locations.) 'Makes you want to think twice before singing in the shower!
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