According to the complaint, ASCAP representatives contacted the bar “numerous times over several years” through mail, email, and telephone to secure a license, but the defendants refused all offers.
The plaintiffs Bible Black, Purple Rabbit Music, Milk Songs, and Duke of Earle are seeking statutory damages between $750 and $30,000 for each of the four alleged infringements, as well as legal fees and a permanent injunction barring One Thirteen from playing their music without permission…