US performing rights organizations Ascap and BMI have filed their responses to the US Copyright Office’s recent notice of inquiry concerning the PROs sector. Both emphasize the fundamental importance these organizations play for songwriters, composers and music publishers; both suggest that the system is already heavily regulated and that additional regulation risks increasing the costs and burden for members; and both see bad faith in some of the ‘music users’ – licensors of music – whose concerns have sparked the inquiry.
Source: Ascap and BMI respond to US Copyright Office PROs inquiry