ASCAP
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In order to use a song in any public environment—whether at a sporting event or a coffee shop—you need to pay a performing rights organization such as BMI or ASCAP.
From Slate • Nov. 30, 2024
“Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a foundation for hip-hop as we know it today,” Paul Williams, chairman of the board and president at ASCAP.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
The campaigns can buy licensing packages from music rights organisations like BMI and ASCAP, that give them legal access to millions of songs.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2021
Williams, who now serves as the president of songwriters’ rights association ASCAP, recalls watching what he called “the Felt Brigade” as they worked the set, crouching and puppeteering beneath raised stages and working their magic.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2018
Playing music at a public event requires a license, which generally comes from a few big music-rights agencies like BMI and ASCAP.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2018
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