US Answer:
Venues sometimes get busted for failing to have an ASCAP license, and stores for playing music without the appropriate license.
In the US, it’s ALWAYS the responsibility of the venue.
Busking? Sure, you go down to City Hall, you find some bureaucrat who Does Not Want to Help You and try to get any attention. So you have your attorney send them a letter and they VERY kindly point out that they are not in the business of hiring entertainment, and can hardly control busking when there are SERIOUS CRIMES—lightly profitable traffic tickets—for law enforcement attention.
Other countries have their own rules. I’m told in Scandinavian countries your playlist is a legal document that your’re required to file so they can sort out the performing arts rights. I suspect that’s strictly enforced at fixed venues…perhaps….
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