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So why does it not make sense to ask questions about song copyright here?


Agreed. Ask away. I've been involved with this since 1976 and have written extensively. The decade and a half that I was with ASCAP is an exception since any public pronouncement from me could be seen as an official statement—let's just say they have others for that.

I will only give answers that can be looked up which means that the inner workings of PROs are off limits to me and may be covered by any number of NDAs.

I can tell you that, if you want a glimpse into how the PROs handle Copyright suits, look up Broadcast Music, Inc. at Justia or ASCAP press releases. It's actually the publishers who sue, not the PROs but BMI includes themselves in the initial filings which makes them easy to search while you have to know the publisher names to find ASCAP's.

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