All Over the Map: Publishers, Writers, Small Towns & Apartment Owners Weigh In On Consent Decree Debate

Publishers, writers, small towns & apartment owners weigh in on consent decree debate

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As part of its review of perpetual consent decrees -- the ASCAP and BMI ones are nearly 80 years old -- the DOJ called for comments from interested parties and more than 800 commentaries came in by the Aug. 9 deadline. The DOJ posted the redacted comments yesterday. "We are aware that ASCAP and BMI have proposed to the DOJ that their consent decrees should be amended in ways that are unrelated to selective withdrawal," the NMPA commentary says. "These comments argue only for selective withdrawal, which is a separate issue that should be considered by the DOJ regardless of what other actions it may take in respect of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees.

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