Go recuse yourself. Renata Hesse former Google lawyer andPrinciple Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal and Civil Operations reportedly rammed through the 100% licensing change to BMI/ASCAP consent decrees.
Last week the Department of Justice Anti-Trust division announced a further tightening of the antiquated and likely unconstitutional consent decrees that govern songwriter organizations. Never mind that the 1941 consent decrees were put in place when most radio stations were owned by individuals and ASCAP was pretty much the only game in town. Now we have massive media consolidation in the broadcast industry, previously unimagined monopolies like Google/YouTube and at least 5 PROs. Yet the consent decrees are backwards now. They are still pointed at songwriters but benefit dominant firms like Google/YouTube, Clear Channel, Pandora and Spotify. It’s insane.
For this reason recent talk had been of loosening or even eliminating the 70+ year old consent decrees. That is why the…
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