DOJ Rejects ASCAP and BMI's Proposed Changes to 1941 Antitrust ...

Maintaining the Status Quo: DOJ Rejects ASCAP and BMI's Proposed Changes to 1941 Antitrust Consent Decrees ... (“BMI”). ... ASCAP and BMI are the ...

DOJ Rejects Modifications of ASCAP, BMI Consent Decrees

ASCAP and BMI are subject to consent decrees that resolved antitrust lawsuits brought in 1941 alleging that each organization had unlawfully ...

Antitrust Alert: U.S. Department of Justice Rejects Modification of ...

In 1941, DOJ settled antitrust lawsuits against ASCAP and BMI that alleged they had used their market power to aggregate public performance ...

Statement of the Department of Justice on the Closing of the Antitrust ...

ASCAP and BMI are subject to consent decrees that resolved antitrust lawsuits brought ... Music users proposed additional changes, in ...

Court Rejects DOJ Interpretation of Consent Decree - Jones Day

In 2014, ASCAP and BMI proposed to the Antitrust Division modification of the consent decrees, to allow publishers to "partially withdraw" from ...

Justice Department Completes Review of ASCAP and BMI Consent ...

The Department of Justice announced today the conclusion of its investigation into proposed modifications to antitrust consent decrees.

DOJ leaves decades-old music industry decrees unchanged

After a two-year investigation, there will be no changes to the 80-year-old consent decrees that govern two groups that issue licenses to ...

Are the ASCAP and BMI Political Campaign Licenses Violating Their ...

The primary goal of antitrust law is to protect and promote competitive markets, resulting in benefits to consumers.45 ...

Challenge for ASCAP & BMI: Persuading the DOJ Their Consent ...

ASCAP and BMI argue that the decrees should be changed to allow music publishers to sell partial licenses through ASCAP and BMI, so that the ...

Judge Rejects "Full Licensing" for Music but Consent ... - NMHC

A federal judge ruled against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ... 1941 antitrust consent decree “neither bars fractional licensing nor requires full-work ...

DOJ Makes it Official: No Change to ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees

Siding with music users, DOJ concludes that Decrees call for “full-work” – rather than “fractional” – music licensing; ASCAP and BMI head to ...

Department Of Justice To Deny Consent Decree Amendment

While the DOJ is the author of the consent decree, it must be agreed upon by the two PROs, which have been operating under it since 1941.

Justice Department Ignores the Benefits of Contracting Freedom in ...

In sum, DOJ should take account of these concerns and retract its new interpretation of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, restoring the status ...

US government rejects changes to music licensing laws

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Judge Rejects Justice Department Ruling on Music Licensing

... BMI and Ascap ... Justice Department's antitrust division was incorrect. “Nothing in the consent decree gives support ...

DOJ Ends its Review of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees

In 2019, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice began a review of the court-administered antitrust consent decrees that have ...

ASCAP, BMI Comment Regarding DOJ Review of Consent Decrees

In June 2014, the DOJ announced that it planned to review the consent decrees with music licensing firms ASCAP and BMI.

ASCAP, BMI Lose Battle To Modify Antitrust Licensing Deals

ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) and BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) suffered a blow, when the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Justice Department Leaves Music Industry Consent Decrees ...

While ASCAP and BMI are fierce competitors in most areas, they are united in saying that the consent decrees are in dire need of updating and ...

The Department of Justice Pulls Plug On ASCAP & BMI's Proposal ...

The Department of Justice Pulls Plug On ASCAP & BMI's Proposal To Alter Consent Decree ... The U.S. Department Of Justice [DOJ] delivered the ...