United States v. American Society of Composers

OPINION AND ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge:

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...............................................................518

FINDINGS OF FACT...........................................................520

*518A. ASCAP..............................................................520

B. DMX................................................................520

C. ASCAP’s Blanket Licenses -with the Baekground/Foreground Music Industry...........................................................522

1. The 1987 and 1994 Form License Agreements.........................522

2. Post-1999 Litigation…