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OPINION: DOJ Got It Right On ASCAP, BMI Consent Decrees

Law360, New York (August 8, 2016, 11:30 AM EDT) -- On Aug. 4, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement closing its two-year review of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, deciding not to further change music licensing rules that have protected competition in the music industry since 1941. These consent decrees established the rules by which performing rights organizations (PROs), middlemen between music copyright owners and music users, that administer blanket licenses that have competitive dangers but create many benefits to the music licensing industry.[1]...

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