With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) evaluating the future of the BMI and ASCAP consent decrees, there has been much discussion and concern throughout the industry about the potential long-term ...

Since 1941, the two largest U.S. performing rights organizations, ASCAP and BMI, have been operating under separate consent decrees that govern how music is licensed by the two PROs (although not ...

The U.S. Deptartment of Justice's ongoing review on whether the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees should be amended, sunsetted or simply left alone will likely be concluded before the end of the year, ...

The fight to pay for what comes out of radio speakers took an interesting turn Wednesday. Months after radio settled a years-long dispute with GMR to play their repertoire of music, and as the ...

As the Department of Justice examines the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, BMI CEO Mike O’Neill and ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Mathews have penned a joint letter that was distributed to the media, Thursday.

In May, a federal judge struck down the Radio Music License Committee’s case to combine rate court proceedings with ASCAP and BMI. Undaunted, the RMLC has filed its intention to separately litigate ...

In the music world, performance rights organizations (“PROs”) serve an intermediary function between songwriters and music publishers and third parties who perform the protected works publicly. Among ...

On June 5, 2019, the Department of Justice announced its opening of a formal review of the antitrust consent decrees that have regulated music performance licensing by ASCAP and BMI since the 1940s.

Last month, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced its plans to review two music licensing antitrust consent decrees which have been in place, in some shape or form, for almost ...

In a development that could overhaul the nation's music licensing system, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it will review the consent decrees for performers rights organizations ...

Performing Rights Organizations, including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC announced today that they are contributing to ...