In the tapestry of contemporary music economics, a Performance Rights Organization—or PRO—serves as the invisible arbiter that ensures those who weave melody and lyric receive compensation whenever ...

Agreement delivers higher international royalty collections and faster global payouts for AllTrack songwriters and publishers across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and key Asian markets.

ASCAP, the only performing rights organization in the U.S. to operate on a not-for-profit basis, delivered a record-breaking $1.835 billion in revenue in the 2024 calendar year, an increase of $98 ...

Performance rights organization BMI and a group of music publishers have been awarded over $18,000 in statutory damages from Baltimore’s Ottobar for unlicensed karaoke songs. Performance rights ...

Ever since operetta composer Victor Herbert sued Shanley’s restaurant in New York in 1917 to force it to pay for playing his song on a player-piano, songwriters and music publishers have depended on ...