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ASCAP AND BMI IN COURT CONTROVERSY
A long running battle between ASCAP and BMI over music performance fees and antitrust questions unites publishers, composers, and broadcasters. The feud spans Supreme Court wins, congressional inquiries, and debates on public taste, with CBS NBC EMI and others weighing in as BMI gains ground against ASCAP.
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New York
Tin Pan Alley
Upper Broadway
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Broadcast Music Inc
BMI
Congress
America
Hound Dogs
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Gisele MacKenie
Crosby
EMI
Gisele MacKenzie
Gilbert and Sullivan
George Gershwin
Cons
Giacomo Puccini
Herbert
U.S. Supreme Court
Shanley
Times Square
Oliver Wendall Holmes
Radio
Stephen Foster
Jeannie
Poole
Eas
Emmanuel Celler
D-Ny
Comemee Secommnenans
Department of Justice
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Senate
CBS
NBC
Columbia Records
RCA Victor
Billy Rose
Columbia