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1. Comment - AOL, Real, Yahoo must pay millions in outstanding music royalties

   (May 5, 2008 - 7:51 PM)

   Let me start by saying it is important that you know exactly what ASCAP does before you start bashing it. ASCAP simply put collects performance royalties for songwriters from radio, TV, live venues and finally the internet. It is not for profit and collects money that these wonderfully creative people would not be able to access on their own. Can you imagine how crazy it would be if every songwriter in the world had to "bill" each radio station for the amount of airplay their songs have had...ridiculous. ASCAP takes care of that for them and sends either their publisher or the individual songwriter a check (depending on who holds the copyright). On top of that ASCAP has a great reputation for helping develop new talent. ASCAP has nothing to do with SoundExchange...that is a different stream of income for the actual artist of the song and pays for the sound recording, NOT the song. Sorry to go on and on, but it is important to know what this amazing organization does if you have any interest in the music industry.