This kind of behavior keeps rearing its ugly head over the years... ASCAP tried the same thing on not-for -profit folk organizations that sponsored concerts. And more $$$ goes to the execs and lawyers than to the artists whose material is supposedly being protected.

It's the same greed that turned the golden egg laying goose into pate de foie gras....

Artists need venues to perform & perfect their art... and paying few bills along the way doesn't hurt either. But the industry seems to feel artists and their supporters are cash cows to milked dry.