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You've gotta pay if you're gonna play music: ASCAP and BMI step up collection and enforcement of copyright laws. (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music Inc.)
You've gotta pay if you're gonna play music
ASCAP and BMI step up collection and enforcement of copyright laws
Well, if you're going to play that rock `n' roll music, any old way you choose it, without a license you can't use it. And BMI and ASCAP can sue you if you refuse it.
The heart of rock `n' roll beats quickly in Austin, and businesses of all kinds throughout town provide music to their patrons, whether on stage, over a sound system, or in the background as they get their hair cut. And to the surprise of many businesses, music is not free.
It's hard to say for certain, but representatives from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) -- the two giants in the field of copyright clearance -- have apparently increased enforcement in Austin of their right to collect fees from businesses that play music for their patrons, even if it's just K-98 piped in through the store's sound system. "I think we may have stepped up our compliance…
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...announced that it has signed license agreements with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. "We are pleased to sign license agreements with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC," said David Lambert, President &...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire April 21, 2004 700+ words
...with performing rights societies ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC to offer discounted...We are excited to be working with ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC to offer our customers...Under the terms of the deal, ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC will each separately...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 11, 2000 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 10, 2003 700+ words
...comprehensive agreements with ASCAP and BMI, the two largest U.S. performing...tone versions of millions of BMI and ASCAP represented songs." Recess...information see http://www.ascap.com/ . About BMI BMI is an American performing...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) May 5, 2008 700+ words
...last up to two years. First, ASCAP and BMI must learn that an establishment...organizations of millions of songwriters, ASCAP and BMI sell licenses that compensate their...may view this is as harassment; ASCAP and BMI, though, contend they're simply...
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- Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable Petrozello, Donna August 7, 1995 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire October 8, 1998 700+ words
...affecting the music community, both BMI and ASCAP expressed deep disappointment and...the world." They concluded: "ASCAP and BMI are committed to working together...organizations throughout the world, BMI and ASCAP also offer access to millions of...
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- Magazine article from: Economic Inquiry KLEIT, ANDREW N. October 1, 2000 700+ words
...famous antitrust case, BMI v. CBS, 441 U.S...Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). PROs monitor the...felt compelled to sue BMI, of which it was a part...as the reluctance of ASCAP to issue attractive...
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- Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable McAvoy, Kim August 2, 1993 700+ words
ASCAP, BMI, other groups want bill modified They may write the songs, but the nation...Recording Industry Association of America. Lined up against the measure are ASCAP, BMI, National Music Publishers Association, SESAC, Nashville Songwriters...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire August 25, 1999 700+ words
...that its wholly owned subsidiary Soundbreak.com has obtained performance licenses from ASCAP, BMI and SESAC for Internet music broadcasting. ASCAP, BMI and SESAC are the societies that administer the performance rights for the copyright owners...
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