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According to Stephen H. Baird, founder of the Subway Artists Guild, the MBTA used to arbitrarily eject musicians from stations. Baird says he began the Guild to stop this sort of harassment...
...says the T was sued by "Jews for Jesus" when the organization was forbidden to distribute flyers inside the subway turnstiles. Jews for Jesus, however, sued the MBTA, arguing that the subway is overstepping its bounds...
Diamond says the case has been "a major impediment to moving ahead" with a subway musician contract. "In the meantime," he says, "We issue a letter of permission for musicians to play in an unrestricted way anywhere they choose...
According to Elliot Gibbons, who often performs at the Harvard Square station, the MBTA has tried to stop musicians from selling cassettes in the subway, although currently they are permitted...
...some cases there is competition for the attention of subway riders...