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BMI and ASCAP Enter into Agreements with Commercial Radio Industry – Music Royalty Rates Going Up Retroactive to 2022

By David Oxenford|2025-08-22T11:29:28-05:00August 22nd, 2025|Legal News|

This week it was announced that the Radio Music License Committee, the organization that represents the commercial radio industry in its negotiations with performing rights organizations over the public performance rights in musical works (the musical compositions – the words and music to any song), had entered into settlement agreements with both ASCAP and BMI... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 28, 2024 to November 1, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-11-03T08:11:54-06:00November 3rd, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we highlighted the upcoming regulatory dates and deadlines affecting broadcasters in November and early December. Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 28, 2024 to November 1, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-11-03T08:11:54-06:00November 3rd, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we highlighted the upcoming regulatory dates and deadlines affecting broadcasters in November and early December. Continue Reading…

RMLC Requests Consolidation of ASCAP and BMI Proceeding on Radio Music Royalties – A Step Toward a Unified Process for Resolving All Music Royalty Issues?

By David Oxenford|2023-08-18T10:03:45-05:00August 18th, 2023|Legal News|

In recent weeks, some of the radio trade magazines have been carrying coverage of the litigation between the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and ASCAP and BMI over the rates that will be paid by commercial radio broadcasters for the public performance of musical compositions that are licensed through these Performing Rights Organizations (PROs). Negotiations... Continue Reading…

RMLC Requests Consolidation of ASCAP and BMI Proceeding on Radio Music Royalties – A Step Toward a Unified Process for Resolving All Music Royalty Issues?

By David Oxenford|2023-08-18T10:03:45-05:00August 18th, 2023|Legal News|

In recent weeks, some of the radio trade magazines have been carrying coverage of the litigation between the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and ASCAP and BMI over the rates that will be paid by commercial radio broadcasters for the public performance of musical compositions that are licensed through these Performing Rights Organizations (PROs). Negotiations... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 5, 2022 to February 11, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-02-13T10:01:55-06:00February 13th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Global Music Rights (GMR) and the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC) announced that enough broadcasters had agreed to GMR licensing... Continue Reading…

RMLC and SESAC Strike New Music License Agreement; Filing Due Sept. 23

By Seth Williams|2020-09-18T09:20:21-05:00September 18th, 2020|Legal News|

The uncertainty regarding the rates that commercial radio broadcasters will pay to play music in the repertory of SESAC, Inc. (SESAC) is over. Following extensive negotiations, the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and SESAC reached a new agreement extending the rates and terms of their existing music license agreement for commercial radio stations. That comes...… Continue Reading

BMI Settlement of Royalty Battle with RMLC to Include Music in Podcasts? – Not So Fast….

By David Oxenford|2020-01-31T11:14:16-06:00January 31st, 2020|Legal News|

BMI and the Radio Music License Committee announced a settlement of their rate court litigation over the royalties that commercial radio will pay for the public performance of musical compositions licensed by BMI. While we have not yet seen the agreement, the press release already raises one issue likely to sew confusion in the broadcast... Continue Reading…

Radio Stations Receive Inquiries from GMR on the Production of Interim Licenses – What Is this All About?

By David Oxenford|2019-12-06T09:54:26-06:00December 6th, 2019|Legal News|

In the last week, we have received many inquiries from radio stations that received a notice from attorneys for Global Music Rights (GMR) about document production in GMR’s litigation with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC). As we have written before (see, for instance, our articles here, here and here), RMLC and GMR have for... Continue Reading…