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Whose tune are you playing? (American Society Of Parks And Recreation).


You may have followed the continuing saga of Napster without ever thinking how its issues related to parks and recreation. But whose music do you play at your festivals, fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics.
fireworks

Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to
, concerts in the park, community centers, dances, aerobic aerobic /aer·o·bic/ (ar-o´bik)
1. having molecular oxygen present.

2. growing, living, or occurring in the presence of molecular oxygen.

3. requiring oxygen for respiration.

4.
 classes? How about the tunes in your elevators or phone service? Last year, the International Municipal Lawyers Association and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating  (ASCAP ASCAP
abbr.
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
) reached agreement on the terms of a model performance license for local governments.

For a small annual fee, the license grants music users the right to perform any or all of the 8 million copyrighted musical works in the ASCAP repertory as often as they like. Until recently, making sure you had permission to boogie was burdensome. Now you don't really have an excuse not to be legal.
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Publication:Parks & Recreation
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2002
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