There is much wrong with ASCAP - particularly with the way that songwriters do not get their money while big corporations do, adn the way they pursue places where music not the property of ASCAP members is performed - but on cafes they are right, right, right. THe cafe plays the music to attract and keep customers. THey are adding value to thier businesses. THe creators of that added value deserve some too. Same goes for shops and muzak (generically, not as in trade name)