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Yes, legally restaurants have seperate licensing requirements and can't just use Spotify for their music. In reality, most small restaurants and cafes just use

Yes, legally restaurants have seperate licensing requirements and can't just use Spotify for their music. In reality, most small restaurants and cafes just use Spotify. Bars and larger restaurants tend to be a bit more fastidious in getting the correct rights.

SyneRyder 8y ago
>In reality, most small restaurants and cafes just use Spotify. I've even been to cafes where every few songs were interrupted by an ad about the benefits of upgrading to Spotify Premium....
soundwave106 8y ago
Yes, this is because, a small restaurant can use just Spotify or another music service and not have to pay the license fee. This doesn't apply to larger establishments. (https://www.restaurant.org/Manage-My-Restaurant/Operations/Regulatory-back-office/11-questions-about-music-licensing https://www.restaurant.org/Manage-My-Restaurant/Operations/R...)
- soundwave106 8y ago
  Now that's a funny drive-by down-vote. Normally (rant mode on) it is my opinion that most drive-by down-votes are by lazy cowards who think someone's opinion is wrong, but is unwilling to debate (probably because their counter-argument is rather weak, honestly). Too much of this and you get the atypical "mob mentality" typical on most social media networks -- most of which have become intellectual wastelands, replaced by feel-good quick-dopamine-hit memes all focusing on whatever "side" the social media collective has embraced. (Counter-narratives and counter-opinions, beware.) But this doesn't quite fit the usual pattern. In this case, I must have misinterpreted something, perhaps. But someone is not willing to say what is incorrect. Interesting! Because, the alternate view is that I'm absolutely right, and the downvoter just had a weird beef with Spotify or restaurant.org. Hard to tell. It's a social media downvote after all.

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Yes, legally restaurants have seperate licensing requirements and can't just use Spotify for their music. In reality, most small restaurants and cafes just use

by toomanybeersies 8y ago

SyneRyder 8y ago
>In reality, most small restaurants and cafes just use Spotify. I've even been to cafes where every few songs were interrupted by an ad about the benefits of upgrading to Spotify Premium....
soundwave106 8y ago
Yes, this is because, a small restaurant can use just Spotify or another music service and not have to pay the license fee. This doesn't apply to larger establishments. (https://www.restaurant.org/Manage-My-Restaurant/Operations/Regulatory-back-office/11-questions-about-music-licensing https://www.restaurant.org/Manage-My-Restaurant/Operations/R...)
- soundwave106 8y ago
  Now that's a funny drive-by down-vote. Normally (rant mode on) it is my opinion that most drive-by down-votes are by lazy cowards who think someone's opinion is wrong, but is unwilling to debate (probably because their counter-argument is rather weak, honestly). Too much of this and you get the atypical "mob mentality" typical on most social media networks -- most of which have become intellectual wastelands, replaced by feel-good quick-dopamine-hit memes all focusing on whatever "side" the social media collective has embraced. (Counter-narratives and counter-opinions, beware.) But this doesn't quite fit the usual pattern. In this case, I must have misinterpreted something, perhaps. But someone is not willing to say what is incorrect. Interesting! Because, the alternate view is that I'm absolutely right, and the downvoter just had a weird beef with Spotify or restaurant.org. Hard to tell. It's a social media downvote after all.