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Commissioner outlines concerns about ASCAP/BMI consent decrees, new PROs and streaming-rate rules
Summary
Commissioner Scott Strickland briefed the Music Commission on performance-rights structures, saying legacy PROs operate under court-imposed consent decrees while newer organizations (GMR/CSAC) and Copyright Royalty Board rates complicate payments to artists; he proposed the commission consider sending letters to Congress.
Commissioner Scott Strickland presented a technical overview of how U.S. performance-rights organizations (PROs), publishing companies and federal royalty-setting bodies affect artist pay and licensing practice.
Strickland summarized three linked elements: legacy U.S. PROs ASCAP and BMI operate under long-standing consent decrees that limit how licensing is negotiated; newer companies such as Global Music Rights (GMR) and similar publishers are not under the same decrees and may be able to negotiate higher rates; and the federal…
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