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<title>Pandora sues ASCAP in a bid to lower royalty rates</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/05/five.year.experimental.rate.deemed.unhealthy.for.pandora/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352162395_pandora-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In parallel with its attempt to lobby the US Congress for lower royalty rates on recordings, music streaming company Pandora Media is suing ASCAP, the organization that represents songwriters and composers, to seek lower licensing fees through 2015. Pandora is seeking a blanket licensing fee that would cover all songs, claiming that the current fees set a decade ago prevent profitability....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Supreme Court denies ASCAP claim downloads are performances</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/ipodnano6-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court late Monday rejected ASCAP's attempt to claim that song downloads are public performances.  Its verdict upheld an earlier appeal ruling without added comment.  The earlier, federal-level judge pointed to basic logic for support, contending that a digital recording isn't necessarily being played live to a wide audience just because it had been transferred over the Internet....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iTunes 90-second 'ultimatum' aimed at indies, talks still on</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/03/apple.itunes.90s.deal.done.with.majors.not.indies/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/ipodshuffle4-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's 90-second iTunes sample deal has already been reached with major music labels but is simply being pushed on indies, tips from the inside revealed today.  EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner have all reportedly signed off so far along with some individual publishers, while the blanket notice to smaller labels was sent without them having reached an agreement.  Labels talking to CNET couldn't pr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Appeals court: music downloads aren't public performances</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/28/court.rebuffs.ascap.claim.for.music.royalties/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/rhapsody-ipod.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed down mixed results for Internet music providers today in a ruling in New York.  The appeals panel rejected claims by the royalty group ASCAP that downloads were live performances and said that transfers alone didn't amount to a public airing.  Terms in the Copyright Act made it clear that a performance involved actual playback or a live show, none of which ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iTunes samples still 30 seconds due to gaps in licensing</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/ipodnano6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's plans for minute-long iTunes samples may have been thwarted by the sheer number of deals it needed, both official and unofficial sources divulged Tuesday afternoon.  Although all the music labels themselves are still reported by CNET as onboard, Apple had yet to clear both Broadcast Music Inc.'s performance rights and the National Music Publishers Association's rights.  The NMPA brought Ap...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court rules ASCAP can't seek ringtone royalties</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/htcimagio-verizon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Southern District of New York federal court yesterday ruled (PDF) that ringtones don't constitute performances and so are exempt from separate royalties.  The decision by Judge Denise Cote rejects beliefs by royalty group ASCAP that the carrier is responsible for royalties for any ringtone played in public and grants the complainant Verizon a summary judgment that the only valid royalty is the o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon pays $5m to ASCAP for ringtone "performances"</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/htctouchdiamond-verizonsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon on Thursday took preemptive action and paid the music royalty group ASCAP $4.99 million as an "interim" license for cellular ringtones on its V CAST service.  The payment covers all ringtones bought since November 11th 2004 and is meant to temporarily settle the issue until the two settle a dispute over how much Verizon owes, if at all, for the short samples.  It's unclear if the payment i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Music groups want royalties from iTunes samples, more</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/17/ascap.others.want.online.performance.fees/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/itunes9.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are pressing online music stores like Apple's iTunes to pay performance fees not only for actual song downloads but also videos and even the 30-second samples used to preview the music in advance.  While these stores already pay the distribution fees for the songs themselves, ASCAP, BMI and labels claim that just downloading and playing the content also counts as...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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