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jan 1, 1956 - ASCAP - BMI Controversy

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ASCAP links rock music to rise of BMI (looser publishing-rights organization) --> claims BMI was manipulating public taste by exercising outsized influence in broadcast media
- case was insane? all radio and TV broadcasters had licences with both ASCAP and BMI (if anything, ASCAP cornered the market prior to BMI even existing)

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jan 1, 1956
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~ 69 years ago