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Aug. 6, 2016

DOJ declines to modify consent decrees, angering PROs

The department made changes of its own that performance rights organizations consider "insult to injury."

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Performance rights organizations are gearing up for a fight after the Department of Justice announced Thursday it would implement stricter mandates on antitrust consent decrees governing music royalties, rather than easing the restrictions as requested.

Broadcast Music, Inc. will challenge the DOJ's decision in federal court, while the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers wi...

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