What is ASCAP?
Founded in 1914, ASCAP stands for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. It is one of the leading performance rights organizations (PROs) in the United States, representing more than 750,000 music creators, including songwriters, composers, and music publishers. ASCAP represents a wide range of genres, including classical, jazz, and musical theater.
What is BMI?
Founded in 1939, BMI stands for Broadcast Music, Inc. It is one of the leading performance rights organizations (PROs) in the United States, representing over 1.1 million music creators, including songwriters, composers, and music publishers. BMI tends to have a stronger focus on popular music genres, such as rock, pop, hip-hop, and country.
What is SESAC?
SESAC (originally the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers) is a performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States. It represents over 30,000 music creators, including songwriters, composers, and music publishers. SESAC was founded in 1930.
What is GMR?
Global Music Rights, the first US PRO in nearly 75 years, was founded in 2013 by industry veteran Irving Azoff as an alternative to the traditional performance rights model.
What is SoundExchange?
SoundExchange is a non-profit performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States that collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recordings. It was created by the U.S. Congress in 1995 as a response to the rapid growth of digital music distribution.
SoundExchange collects royalties on behalf of recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (usually record labels) when their sound recordings are played on digital platforms such as internet radio, satellite radio, and music streaming services. It is responsible for tracking and collecting royalties for digital performances of sound recordings under the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
