American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organisation. The ASCAP protects its members' musical copyrights. They do this by monitoring public performances of their music. In 2012, ASCAP collected over US$941 million in licensing fees, and gave out $829 million in royalties to its members. In the United States, ASCAP competes with two other PROs — Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) and the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC).

 Books 
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). .

 Related pages 
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)

 Other websites 

ASCAP archives, 1914–1986 – Music Division, The New York Public Library

Category:American music
Category:Organizations based in New York City