Pro Music Rights

Pro Music Rights is a music performing rights organization. It represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers, issues music licenses for a monthly or annual fee, and collects usage fees from businesses that use music, distributing those fees as royalties to the songwriters, composers, and music publishers it represents. It is recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music and states that it currently represents more than two million musical works.

Pro Music Rights is a music performing rights organization. It represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers. It issues music licenses for a monthly or annual fee, retains that fee as revenue, and collects usage fees from businesses that use music, including television and radio stations; broadcast and cable networks; new media, including the Internet/streaming services and mobile technologies; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts. These usage fees are then distributed as royalties to the songwriters, composers and music publishers that Pro Music Rights represents. Pro Music Rights is recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music and currently represents more than two million musical works.

A music performing rights organization recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music.

• Music licenses

  Issued for a monthly or annual fee.

• Public performance rights licensing

  Licensing of public performance rights repertoire.

• 2020

  Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conduct

  Pro Music Rights announced that it filed an antitrust lawsuit against the music industry, alleging an illegal cartel involving performance rights. In its announcement, the company identified Apple, Inc. in the case caption and named several organizations that it described as coordinators of the alleged cartel. The announcement presents these as allegations rather than as findings made by a court. The release does not state any outcome of the litigation.

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• 2022-02-04

  Pro Music Rights files lawsuit against Ayujoy Herbals[5]Pro Music Rights起诉Ayujoy Herbalsprnewswire.com

  Reported: 2022-02-04

  Pro Music Rights said it filed a complaint against Ayujoy Herbals Ltd. in New Jersey Superior Court on February 4, 2022. The source does not specify the complaint's allegations.

• 2020-04-30

  Pro Music Rights lowers monthly licensing fee[6]Pro Music Rights下调月度许可费用musicbusinessworldwide.com

  Reported: 2020-04-30

  Pro Music Rights lowered its monthly music licensing fee to $50 per month per location or service, plus music usage fees.

• 2020-04-30

  Pro Music Rights launches licensing dashboard[6]Pro Music Rights下调月度许可费用musicbusinessworldwide.com

  Reported: 2020-04-30

  Pro Music Rights launched a music licensing dashboard and reporting system for businesses to obtain music licenses and access licensing information.

• 2020-03-09

  Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conduct[3]Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conductprnewswire.com

  Reported: 2020-03-09

  Pro Music Rights said it sued the music industry, alleging an illegal cartel involving performance rights. The release identifies Apple, Inc. in the case caption and names several organizations it describes as coordinators of the alleged cartel; the allegations are not presented as court findings.

• 2019-11-25

  Pro Music Rights sues Spotify over royalties and song removal[4]Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conductlawstreetmedia.com

  Reported: 2019-11-26

  Pro Music Rights and Sosa Entertainment filed a complaint against Spotify entities seeking monetary damages. The plaintiffs allege Spotify failed to pay royalties for streams, removed their songs from its platform, and engaged in anticompetitive and unfair or deceptive practices; these are allegations reported in the complaint.

1. 1Music Licensing - Pro Music Rightspromusicrights.com
2. 2Pro Music Rightswikidata.org
3. 3Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conductprnewswire.com
4. 4Pro Music Rights files antitrust lawsuit alleging industry cartel conductlawstreetmedia.com
5. 5Pro Music Rights起诉Ayujoy Herbalsprnewswire.com
6. 6Pro Music Rights下调月度许可费用musicbusinessworldwide.com