Is someone liable under copyright law when a cell phone emits a ringtone of a hit song? The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers believes the sounds are a "public performance" and is ...

The case claims production music owners are paid only a fraction of the royalties they're owed. ASCAP calls the accusations "baseless." By Bill Donahue ASCAP is facing a lawsuit claiming it “severely ...

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After reading various trade press reports of comments by Bonneville International CEO Bruce Reese last week at the Conclave Learning Conference in Minneapolis that he would “love to cut a deal” on ...

ASCAP, the only remaining not-for-profit performing rights organization in the U.S., delivered a record-breaking $1.835 billion in revenue in the 2024 calendar year, an increase of $98 million, or 5.7 ...

Great is ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). To ASCAP belong about 1,450 composers and writers and about 130 music publishing houses in the U. S. ASCAP holds the ...

A New York federal judge will get to take a crack at the issue in a case that pits the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers against AT&T. ASCAP claims the cell phone carrier should ...