ASCAP Wants to Charge the Government Royalties for Music Played at Guantanamo Bay

According to Wired, the American rights organisation ASCAP wants to collect royalties from the US Government for music played over and over to wear down detainees at the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. The song of choice has been David Gray’s “Babylon”, a choice about which Gray has been very upset.

There is a precedent in that some collection agencies deem nursing homes, hospitals and prisons to be “public places” and therefore liable to pay royalties on any music played on those spaces. Whether the Government would even consider paying is not known.

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