American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP ) adalah sebuah organisasi hak pentas (performance-rights organization, PRO) nirlaba Amerika yang melindungi hak cipta musikal para anggotanya dengan memantau pentas publik dari musik mereka, entah melalui penyiaran atau penampilan langsung, dan mengkompensasi mereka.

Di Amerika Serikat, ASCAP bersaing dengan empat PRO lainnya — Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC), & Pro Music Rights, LLC. (Pro Music Rights)http://www.ProMusicRights.com

 Referensi 

 Daftar pustaka 
 ASCAP (1948) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1st ed., 483 p. ("1,890 writers, 309 publishers: 1,887 biographies") .
 ASCAP (1952) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 2nd ed., 636 p. ("2,297 writers (including 203 women), 453 publishers: ? biographies") LC: 52-7038 .
 ASCAP (1966) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 3rd ed., 845 p. ("8,500 writers, 2,800 publishers: 5,238 biographies') LC: 66-20214 .
 ASCAP (1980) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 4th ed., 589 p. ("? writers, 7,000 publishers: 8,200 biographies") LC: 80-65351,  .

 Bacaan tambahan 
 Blume, Jason (2006). This Business of Songwriting. Billboard Books (New York City). .
 Choquette, Frederic, "The Returned Value of PROs", Music Business Journal, Berklee College of Music, May 2011
 Passman, Donald S. (2003). All You Need to Know about the Music Business. Free Press (New York City). .
 Shemel, Sidney; Krasilovsky, M. William (1990). This Business of Music. Billboard Books (New York City). .

 Pranala luar 
 Situs web resmi
 ASCAP archives, 1914-1986 Music Division, The New York Public Library.

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