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ASCAP and BMI unveil new joint database featuring information on 20m works

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By Emmanuel Legrand

US rights societies ASCAP and BMI have unveiled SONGVIEW, a new data platform that provides music users with "an authoritative view of copyright ownership and administration shares in the vast majority of music licensed in the United States."

The data in SONGVIEW is free to the public to access on the two society's websites, and allows ASCAP and BMI to display detailed, aggregated and reconciled ownership data for performing rights for more than 20 million musical works ...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Rights societies BMI and ASCAP settle with US radio collective RMLC in deals reflecting a rise in performance royalties

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August 20, 2025

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US music rights society BMI and the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), which represents the commercial radio sector, have reached a settlement of their rate court proceeding.
Details of the settlement were not available, in particular the new rates applicable. In a statement, BMI said the new agreement will apply retroactively from January 1, 2022 and that it represents “a historic rate increase for BMI that reflects the company’s superior market share in the radio in...

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SCAPR’s annual report reflects on neighbouring rights societies’ growth, relevance and expanded global footprint

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August 17, 2025

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SCAPR, the Societies’ Council for the Collective Management of Performers’ Rights, which regroups neighbouring rights societies representing performers, has become a more visible, active and influential global organisation over the past few years, reflecting the growing importance of neighbouring rights as a source of revenue for performers.
The organisation has passed for the first time the one billion euros mark in collections from its members in 2024, and has continuously been adding new memb...

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SOCAN sues Festival d’été de Québec for alleged unpaid performance royalties

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August 14, 2025

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The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has sued in Federal Court the organisers of Quebec City's Festival d'Été de Québec (FEQ) music festival for allegedly failing to pay copyright fees related to the performances of songs during the festival.
The rights society clams that Bleufeu and Festival d’été de Québec "have not compensated songwriters and their publishers for performances of their music at FEQ for a number of years." According to press reports, FEQ did...

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