{"id":6035,"date":"2016-05-25T07:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/05\/25\/ascap-announces-settlement-agreement-with-us-department-of-justice\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:35:01","slug":"ascap-announces-settlement-agreement-with-us-department-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/05\/25\/ascap-announces-settlement-agreement-with-us-department-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCAP Announces Settlement Agreement With U.S. Department Of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8d\/ASCAP_logo.svg\/220px-ASCAP_logo.svg.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"204\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The American Society of Composers, Authors and  Publishers (ASCAP) announced that it has reached a Settlement Agreement  with the U.S. Department of Justice addressing two specific concerns  raised during the Department&#8217;s ongoing review of the ASCAP Consent  Decree.   <!--more-->  This Settlement Agreement clears the way for ASCAP and the  Department of Justice to continue their discussions in connection with  updates to the Consent Decree requested by ASCAP in order to reflect  today&#8217;s digital music marketplace.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Settling this matter was the right thing to do for our members,&#8221; said  ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. &#8220;With these issues resolved, we continue  our focus on leading the way towards a more efficient, effective and  transparent music licensing system and advocating for key reforms to the  laws that govern music creator compensation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The Settlement Agreement addresses concerns expressed by the Department  of Justice with exclusivity provisions that were included in some  historical agreements with ASCAP members. The exclusivity provisions  were never enforced and have been removed from all agreements.<\/p>\n<p> The Settlement Agreement also concludes a review of the composition of  the ASCAP Board of Directors by the Department of Justice. The Agreement  maintains the current ASCAP Board of Directors structure of 12  songwriter\/composer members and 12 music publisher members elected by  the membership, which has been in place for 95 years, while ensuring  that publisher board members do not participate in the approval of new  licensing agreements.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We took immediate steps to resolve this matter and have strong controls  in place moving forward,&#8221; said ASCAP President and Chairman Paul  Williams. &#8220;This settlement enables ASCAP to focus on our mission of  protecting the rights of music creators, who depend on us for their  livelihoods, and to maintain our unique status as the only member-owned  and governed performing rights organization in the U.S.&#8221;    <\/p>\n<p> The Settlement Agreement was approved by the ASCAP Board of Directors  and is now subject to the approval of the ASCAP Federal Rate Court  Judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: ASCAP<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that it has reached a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}