This is crazy, a club may have to pay over $3 per person per song for you to listen. This is roughly the same price you pay for a new CD. I don't see how pubs will be able to afford to play music now.

Huge rise in fees for music in clubs

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Huge-rise-in-fees-for-music-in-clubs/2007/07/10/1183833484952.html

Clubbers and dance party fans will face a sharp rise in cover charges after an industry body won its fight to improve rewards for musicians by raising music licensing fees.

The fees paid to artists by the venues which play their recorded music will rise from a flat rate of seven cents per patron per song to as much as $3.07, following a ruling by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia.

"The tribunal has concluded that the proposed scheme should be confirmed," Justice Arthur Emmett said in releasing the tribunal's ruling on Tuesday.

"The figure of $1.05 is a fair (per patron payment) in nightclubs," Justice Emmett said.

The licence fee rises to $3.07 cents per person for dance parties.

or get live bands again

You realise the same thing applies to pubs DT? And to songs that you like?