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ASCAP
American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Common
clues: Songwriters'
org.; BMI rival; Music-licensing org.; Music rights group; Show
biz org.; Tin Pan Alley org.
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
2 times a year
News:
Springsteen Demands
ASCAP Remove His Name From Lawsuit Against NY Pub
Video:
Tom
Waits – ASCAP Awards 2001 speech
The
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is
an organization known as a performing right organization that
protects its members musical copyright, ensuring that their
copyrighted music which is broadcast, or otherwise publicly
performed, whether live or recorded, is properly licensed by the
music users via an ASCAP license to compensate the creators of
that music. In the United States, ASCAP competes with two other
performing rights organizations: Broadcast Music Incorporated (or
BMI) and SESAC.
Victor
Herbert, musician, composer and founder of ASCAP photographed in
1914
ASCAP
was established in New York City on February 13, 1914 to protect
the copyrighted musical compositions of its members, then mostly
the United States' Tin Pan Alley music business. Both BMI and
ASCAP, as well as other organizations like SESAC monitor
performances of the music of their respective members, and
collect and distribute royalties. ASCAP collected $749 million in
licensing fees in 2005, and claims 235,000 songwriter, composer
and music publisher members.
Radio
stations originally only broadcast performers live, the
performers working for free. Later performers wanted to be paid
and recordings became more palatable. Many composers didn't want
their music performed or played for free, but the stations
wouldn't pay them. The composers who were members of ASCAP
boycotted radio in 1944. The stations established a competing
source of music, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI). Many
stations also joined one of the NBC networks, Red or Blue, to
lower production costs. (The NBC Blue network later became ABC.)
ASCAP
has an extensive awards program: Country Music, Concert Music,
Primetime Emmy, World Soundtrack, MTV Music Video, Pop, Rhythm
and Soul Music, Film and Television, El Premio, Dove, Christian
Music, Academy of Country Music, Academy, NAACP Image, Stellar,
Soul Train, Grammy, Billboard Music, Golden Globe, and American
Music.
This
article is licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the
Wikipedia article "ASCAP".
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