These guys never signed with a label. Back in the 90s two of my successive bands signed with labels. In one case, the label boss simply wanted to make sure that

These guys never signed with a label. Back in the 90s two of my successive bands signed with labels. In one case, the label boss simply wanted to make sure that our album won't interfere with "his artists" by keeping us under control, printing just the minimum number of CDs and making dead sure that they were almost impossible to get, anywhere. Small time musicians playing gigs don't give a shit about copyright, and their practice, consisting most of the time of playing covers of well-known songs, contradicts what they'd say on it anyway: did they bought the scores? do they pay whatever ASCAP would want them to pay?