Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicIn a significant and much-needed collaboration, the two leading performing rights organizations (PRO) in the U.S. — ASCAP and BMI — have teamed to launch a new data platform called Songview which provides a more transparent view of copyright ownership and administration shares for most of the music (both songs and other music compositions) licensed in the U.S.Data used in Songview has been vetted by both PROs and will feature a green checkmark to indicate an “agreed-upon view of detailed, aggregated and reconciled ownership.” Between the two organizations, the database accounts for more than 20 million musical works and includes a breakdown of shares by ASCAP and BMI.In addition, users will be able.
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