Do I need to join ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, or a similar organization in order to collect royalties?
You need to join one of these organizations to collect royalties from users of your music, if you’re not equipped to seek out these individuals and collect money from them yourself. However, you must join the organization appropriate to the use of the music in question. Information on several performing rights organizations is available via the WWW: ASCAP — http://www.visualradio.com/ascap/as0.htm BMI — http://bmi.com SESAC — http://online.music-city.com/SESAC.HTML ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and London. New York — One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, USA phone +1 212-621-6000, fax +1 212-724-9064 Los Angeles — 7920 Sunset Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA phone +1 213-883-1000, fax +1 213-883-1049 Nashville — Two Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203, USA phone +1 615-742-5000, fax +1 615-742-5020 Chicago — PO Box 11171, Chicago, IL 60611, USA phone +1 312-481
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