Back الجمعية الأمريكية للملحنين والمؤلفين والناشرين Arabic American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers German ASCAP Esperanto Asociación Estadounidense de Compositores, Autores y Editores Spanish انجمن آهنگسازان، پدیدآوران و ناشران آمریکا Persian American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Finnish American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers French ASCAP Frisian האגודה האמריקאית למלחינים, מחברים ומוציאים לאור HE Երգահանների, հեղինակների և հրատարակիչների ամերիկյան միություն Armenian
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| ASCAP (1914–present) | |
| Company type | Not-for-profit |
| Founded | February 13, 1914 |
| Founders | Irving Berlin Victor Herbert Louis Hirsch John Raymond Hubbell Silvio Hein Gustave Kerker Glen MacDonough George Maxwell Jay Witmark Nathan Burkan Jean Schwartz |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, U.S. |
Key people | Paul Williams (president)[1] Elizabeth Matthews (CEO) |
| Website | www |
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) (/ˈæskæp/) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services (music stores).[2]
ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties. In effect, the arrangement is the product of a compromise: when a song is played, the user does not have to pay the copyright holder directly, nor does the music creator have to bill a radio station for use of a song.
In 2021, ASCAP collected over US$1.335 billion in revenue, distributed $1.254 billion in royalties to rights-holders, and maintained a registry of over 16 million works.[3][4] ASCAP membership surpassed 900,000 and revenues exceeded $1.5 billion in 2022.[5]
- ^ Aswad, Jem (February 25, 2020). "Paul Williams to Receive Johnny Mercer Award, Songwriters Hall of Fame's Highest Honor". Variety. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of the Department of Justice on the Closing of the Antitrust Division's Review of the ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees". Department of Justice: 2. August 4, 2016.
- ^ "ASCAP Delivers Record-Setting Revenues and Distributions to Songwriters, Composers and Publishers For 2021". www.ascap.com. March 3, 2022. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ Aswad, Jem (March 1, 2022). "ASCAP Delivers Record Revenue of $1.3 Billion for 2021". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ Aswad, Jem (March 8, 2023). "ASCAP Posts Record $1.5 Billion in Revenue for 2022". Variety. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.