Sundance Song
In 1914, composers Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert, James Weldon Johnson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa formed ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, the first performance rights organization (PRO) in the United States. They proceeded to file suit against New York restaurant Shanley’s, which often played unlicensed compositions on its player piano. […]
February 23, 2017 /