Law360, New York (July 1, 2016, 7:16 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice has decided that the antitrust consent decrees governing ASCAP and BMI currently require the music rights giants to license full works instead of partial interests in compositions, and the agency wants to hold the organizations to that rule, ASCAP said Thursday.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Broadcast Music Inc. had argued that it was a standard industry practice for performing rights organizations, or PROs, to provide “fractional” licenses to works when the PROs themselves have been granted...
DOJ Snubs ASCAP, BMI On Partial Music Rights Licensing
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