In response to my post yesterday entitled ‘ASCAP suing Hiro Ballroom & others‘ (and the many associated comments), ASCAP has written in with their side of the story: Here’s some background. ASCAP ...

NAB would like the Justice Department to keep intact the consent decrees governing music performance licensing rates that ASCAP and BMI charge radio. The consent decrees “provide important protections ...

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be looking for a new walk-off song at his campaign rallies now that the Rolling Stones and BMI have put him on notice and threatened to sue if he ever again uses ...

ASCAP has appointed Stephanie Ruyle as Executive Vice President and Head of Licensing. She will replace Vincent Candilora wo’s retiring. Ruyle will be responsible for ASCAP’s licensing revenues and ...

U.S. district judges in two separate decisions ruled against three California radio stations that “failed to pay ASCAP license fees over several years,” according to a press release from the American ...

According to their LinkedIn page: "The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every ...

The deal resolves a government investigation into whether the performance rights organization violated a consent decree. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large As the Justice Department ...

On May 6, 2015, in Pandora Media, Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, the Second Circuit held that composers and music publishers cannot partially withdraw from the ...

One of the world's leading music copyright organizations has sued the Jukebox Nightclub for multiple copyright violations. ASCAP, or the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, named ...

Pono Ranch is one of many defendants in an upcoming lawsuit accusing the local indoor-outdoor bar and concert venue of copyright infringement. The American Society of Composers, Authors, and ...

An Abilene bar has been sued in federal court for copyright infringement for allegedly playing music without a licensing fee. Lawyers representing the American Society of Composers, Authors and ...