ASCAP Slams Tampa Bay Downs for $90,000 Articles / Music Law Posted by admin on Jan 07, 2009 - 11:16 PM On Tuesday, January 6, 2009, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Virginia Hernandez Covington, ordered Tampa Bay Downs to pay the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), $90,000 in copyright statutory damages for using their music without a license. Additionally, Judge Covington granted a permanent injunction preventing Tampa Bay Downs from playing any ASCAP controlled compositions without permission. Covington also held Tampa Bay Downs president Stella Thayer responsible for the violations, saying she had the authority to supervise the racetrack's conduct. Apparently, Tampa Bay Downs did not comply with ASCAP's pre-suit notice to cease and desist playing its controlled compositions wthout license until after suit was filed. This article is from CyberLaw Info (tm): CyberLaw, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law & Litigation   http://www.cyberlaw.info/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.cyberlaw.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=107