Colorado Springs bar owner fined over karaoke

Published April 21, 2014 1:17pm ET



COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado Springs bar owner has been fined $21,000 for violating copyright infringement by using songs of artists, including Toby Keith, on her karaoke machine.

Carey-On Saloon owner LaShawn Carey says she was entertaining soldiers just back from Afghanistan when four of them, backed by the karaoke machine, belted out Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue” as the crowd cheered.

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