The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, announced today (May 12th) that they have agreed to pay $1.75 million and change its licensing practices to settle federal antitrust contempt charges. The US Department of Justice had been investigating claims that the performance rights organization violated an earlier antitrust settlement, a situation that now pegs ASCAP … Continue reading ASCAP Slapped With $1.75 Million Fine for Federal Antitrust Contempt