ASCAP and Ecast Strike Digital Jukebox U.S. Performance Rights Deal; Publishers and Writers License Digital Jukebox Performances.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating (ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ), the world's largest performing rights Performing rights are the right to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two) when a business uses music in a public performance. organization, and Ecast, an out-of-home broadband network for pay-per-use content delivery, have signed an agreement extending ASCAP repertory music performance rights to the Ecast Digital Jukeboxes. The Ecast-powered Digital Jukeboxes are located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . "We want writers and publishers to know that when their music gets played on an Ecast-powered Digital Jukebox, they will receive accurate reporting and compensation for all usage," said Ecast vice president of rights and licensing, Lisa Tiver. "Ecast's rapidly growing Network is not only securely delivering digital music for public performance for increasing revenues, it has also become an effective promotional channel." Under the terms of the deal, ASCAP gets detailed performance information on the more than 140,000 songs performed on the Ecast-powered Digital Jukeboxes. All usage is accurately recorded and will be used to report to and compensate ASCAP's writer and publisher members. Ecast powers the only broadband-enabled, pay-per-use digital jukeboxes available in the U.S. marketplace today; all Ecast-powered Digital Jukeboxes are covered by this license. "ASCAP is actively involved in extending the organization's reach into new, Internet-based technologies and this new license agreement marks an important milestone in protecting the interests of our writers and publishers," said ASCAP Senior Vice President of Licensing, Vincent Candilora. Executives at Ecast and ASCAP worked diligently for months to complete the deal. ABOUT ECAST Founded in 1999, Ecast Inc. is privately owned with offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Ecast owns and operates a Location-Based Broadband Network that combines a digital media proprietary software platform, a U.S.-wide broadband network and pay-per-use devices such as digital jukeboxes and games consoles. The platform enables the secure delivery, management and accurate administration of rights usage. Ecast's platform has become the out-of-home digital jukebox standard, powering units built by the three leading jukebox manufacturers in the United States. About ASCAP Established in 1914 and this year celebrating its 90th anniversary, ASCAP is the world's largest performing rights organization with over 175,000 composers, lyricists and music publisher members. ASCAP's repertory spans the entire spectrum of music -- from pop to symphonic, rock to gospel, Latin to country, jazz to rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. , theater, film and television music. ASCAP's Board of Directors is made up solely of writers and publishers elected by the membership. Visit the Ecast Internet pressroom at: http://www.ipressroom.com/pr/ecast/info/ |
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