Intellectual Property
Jun. 12, 2015
Music licensing regime is out of tune with technology
New technology and shifting consumer habits require we rethink how performance rights are licensed. By Michael R. Morris
On May 6, in Pandora Media Inc. v. America Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of a federal district
court in New York. At issue were two separate rulings. The first granted Pandora's
motion for summary judgment that the "consent decree" governing ASCAP's licensing
activities precluded its pu...
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