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...Sony/ATV, Universal and Kobalt) and Performance Rights Organisations (PROs ie collection agencies such as ASCAP and BMI)....
...BMI and ASCAP both welcomed the review in statements on Wednesday. In February, they called for “a free market with less government regulation”....
...The catalogue includes songs that have won five Grammies, 126 NMPA, BMI and ASCAP awards and 27 RIAA Certifications....
...It is “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”, which performance-rights organisation ASCAP has calculated to be the most performed yuletide number of all....
...Ascap and BMI have collected royalties on behalf of music publishers for decades....
...Ascap had been pushing for a 3 per cent rate, while Pandora wanted the 1.7 per cent paid by traditional AM/FM radio....
...Pop star Katy Perry strode through the ASCAP awards in Los Angeles in April in a pair of five-inch Jimmy Choos called “the Zap” (£1,495) – the upper was in a black gladiator style, the platform red and yellow...
...It will pay legal fees and fund the creation of a Book Rights Registry modelled on ASCAP, a copyright clearing house for the music industry....
...For example, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) last month unveiled a $1.7bn licensing deal with the US radio industry which will provide publishers with income from now until...
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