Legalized extortion? DTM music venue owners sound off on licensing fees

"When I first opened I didn't have any idea about ASCAP - even moving from Nashville and seeing the big beautiful building with ASCAP proudly displayed atop it, I didn't know what it was," says Fellini's owner Jacie Dunkle.

Ask most people, even those who like to listen to live music on the DTM, what ASCAP, BMI, and SESACO are, and you'll most likely get…