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# Department Of Justice To Release Controversial ASCAP, BMI Consent Decree Decision Today [Sources]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/department-of-justice-to-release-controversial-ascapm-bmi-consent-decree-decision-today-sources/
- Published: 2016-08-01T09:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-01T09:49:00.000Z
- Description: The US Department of Justice will release its official consent decree decision governing ASCAP and BMI today (8/4), two well placed sources tell Hypebot. Advance leaks of the decision, which effectively governs how. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/08/department-of-justice-to-r
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, American Society of Composers, Apple Inc., Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, consent decree, Inc., Music publisher (popular music), Never Miss a Beat, Performance rights organisation, publishing, SESAC, United States Department of Justice, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![image from www.hypebot.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c88356f2970b-150wi "image from www.hypebot.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c88356f2970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The US **Department of Justice** will release its **official consent decree** decision governing **ASCAP** and **BMI** today (8/4), two well placed sources tell Hypebot. Advance leaks of the decision, which effectively governs how the country's **two largest PROs operate and licence music**, have **drawn fire from songwriters**, publishers and much of the music industry.